On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 4:38 PM John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I installed Cantata, a music player that can stream internet radio > stations (real stations that have announcers, news, etc.). I > installed it from the Ubuntu repositories. I can't run it because it > starts by presenting a popup asking for network information. There are > three boxes to fill in: Host (with 'localhost' as the default, > Password, and a box that contains the default '6600.' There is also a > Connect button, and I can't proceed to the Next button until the > connection is established. > > As I attempt to get it to connect Banshee music player is streaming > Radio Classique (Paris) and Chromium browser is working fine - in other > words, the computer is certainly connected to the internet. I've never > had an app that couldn't connect, everything else 'just works.' > > The default settings give me an error message 'failed to send command > to "Default" (localhost 6600) - not connected. I tried entering the IP > address of the computer in the Host box, also the IP address of the > router, and the MAC address of the router. Nothing works. All that > happens is that the error message changes to reflect what I entered in > the boxes. > > Before I give up on Cantata I thought I'd ask for suggestions for other > things to enter in the three boxes. > This article https://linuxconfig.org/configuring-the-mpd-music-server-on-ubuntu-linux implies that the password is set in /etc/mpd There could also be in some local version of that in your home directory. I have no direct experience with Cantata so beware of this information. Bill _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
