On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:09:46 +0000
David Fleck <[email protected]> dijo:
>From a quick Internet search, it looks to me as though MPD is a server
>application, and Cantata is (one of) its clients -- I assume the
>address, port, and password information being requested are so that
>the client can access the server. If you don't have a configured and
>running MPD installation, I don't think Cantata is going to do you any
>good.
So apparently Banshee and Rhythmbox are not MPD clients, because they
work fine.
The Cantata configuration window looks like it is testing for the
network connection. Above the box that defaults to 'localhost:6600'
the instructions say:
The settings below are the basic settings required by Cantata.
Please enter the relevant details and use the 'Connect' button
to test the connection.
If this is looking for MPD on a server, it's never going to work. I
don't have a server; I have only two computers, and both connect to the
internet via ethernet and a router. I used Synaptic and discovered that
MPD is, indeed, installed, and from there I found the
folder: /usr/share/cantata/mpd. I tried putting that in the 'localhost'
box, but it still failed. Why on earth does Cantata require MPD on a
server if it installs it as a dependency locally? Plus, there are many
happy users of Cantata on their home Linux computers, and most have a
network setup similar to mine; computer > router > internet, no server.
I don't think Cantata is looking for MPD. One of its features is to
stream from the internet, so I think it is just testing to see if the
computer has a working internet connection. I suspect that this whole
MPD discussion is going down the wrong trail.
I tried launching Cantata from the command line as me and as root, and
regardless of what I put in the network configuration window, when I
clicked on the Connect button I got about 20 messages: TRY TO CONNECT
1575760821, and then it stopped trying.
Could it be that there is something funny about my network connection
so that it can't connect via localhost 6600 <password>? I can ping
localhost successfully, so it must be working. Cantata uses that as its
default setting, so it must work for most people. I guess I'm just
special, eh?
I've tried all kinds of commands to see if I can find anything, and the
only issue that may have a bearing is that ifconfig shows strange things
instead of eth<number> or wlan<number>. For eth it shows enp0s31f6 and
instead of wlan I get wlp5s0. Otherwise the results of ifconfig look
normal and the network functions perfectly. This is Xubuntu 18.04.
Apparently this was a change brought about by systemd, which I am
slowly learning to hate. But I don't understand why the designation by
which eth and wlan are known should have anything to do with connecting
to localhost.
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