> On Monday, October 10, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Madhurya Kakati >> >> wrote: >> > On Sunday, October 9, 2011, Martti Kühne wrote: >> > >> >> On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Madhurya Kakati >> >> > >> >> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > The last entry in mpd.log is from 02 oct. I doubt that will help. >> >> However >> >> > when I try to start mpd I get this error, [papul@archlinux ~]$ >> >> > sudo rc.d start mpd >> >> > :: Starting Music Player Daemon >> >> > [BUSY] /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6: 9910 Aborted >> /usr/bin/mpd >> >> > /etc/mpd.conf &>/dev/null >> >> > >> >> >> >> Usually I put in hashes ('#') into the /etc/rc.d/mpd script to >> >> check what output there is destroyed. Could be useful. >> >> >> >> cheers! >> >> mar77i >> >> >> > >> > After adding '#' in /etc/rc.d/mpd here's what I get when I try to >> > start >> it, >> > [papul@archlinux ~]$ sudo rc.d start mpd >> > :: Starting Music Player Daemon >> > [BUSY] listen: bind to '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in >> > use (continuing anyway, because binding to '[::]:6600' succeeded) >> > output: No "audio_output" defined in config file >> > output: Attempt to detect audio output device >> > output: Attempting to detect a alsa audio device ALSA lib >> > pulse.c:229:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: >> > Connection refused >> > >> > alsa: Error opening default ALSA device: Connection refused >> > output: Attempting to detect a oss audio device >> > oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/dsp": No such file or directory >> > oss: Error opening OSS device "/dev/sound/dsp": No such file or >> > directory >> > output: Attempting to detect a pulse audio device >> > mpd: src/output/pulse_output_plugin.c:400: pulse_output_wait_connection: >> > Assertion `po->mainloop != ((void *)0)' failed. >> > /etc/rc.d/mpd: line 6: 27833 Aborted /usr/bin/mpd >> > /etc/mpd.conf >> > >> > [FAIL] >> > >> >> >> wow that fails for several reasons. you should: >> 1. configure alsa in mpd.conf, then mpd will be mixed over dmix (which >> won't fix the actual problem) 2. make sure the user which runs mpd to >> the audio group and figure out why both alsa and pulse would refuse >> the connection. >> who (uid/gid) runs those, what other security mechanisms could stick >> in between, like a too restrictively configured firewall etc. >> >> oh and you should figure out if mpd is already running, or if this >> config option is plain wrong that makes mpd try to "bind to >> '0.0.0.0:6600' failed: Address already in use" ... sometimes mpd hangs >> up and you have to kill it with SIGABRT / 6. >> >> I'm just at a very similar issue a friend of mine is having with mpd >> and jack. you should get those permissions right in the first place... >> :) I'll go there and adjust /etc/group until it works, I guess. >> >> cheers! >> mar77i >> > > > Forget about mpd. Why doesn't audio play on vlc and in browsers? I regularly visit sites like grooveshark,com. Also I do have my username in audio group. > Everything was fine until I ran pacman -Syu. :( Hello Martti. Please show 'ls -l /dev/snd/' output and try to launch alsamixer(under root and unprivileged user) copy all error messages. Be sure that you have alsa-utils installed and alsa daemon is running. Cheers, Roman. ______________________________ Распродажи купальников on-line. Сравнение цен. Описания, отзывы http://metamarket.ua/ru/odezhda-obuv-i-aksessuary/zhenskaya-odezhda/kupalniki/