The underlying problem was that the configuration file couldn't be read by the mpd-sima user. In the current 0.9.x versions this was problem was silently suppressed.
In the upcoming 0.10.x version this problem will be shown in a clear error message: mpd_sima: error: no read access to "/etc/mpd-sima.cfg" ** Summary changed: - host setting is not recognized from config file + host setting is not recognized from config file [file permission problem] ** Description changed: Use stock mpd-sima package. Edit /etc/mpd-sima.cfg to change host from localhost to our mpd server. service mpd-sigma restart --> 2012-09-26 11:38:09 - ERROR Unable to connect to MPD on localhost! Try to start for debugging with: sudo -u mpd-sima /usr/bin/mpd-sima --var_dir=/var/lib/mpd-sima/ --config=/etc/mpd-sima.cfg --> same result Now set host explicitely: sudo -u mpd-sima /usr/bin/mpd-sima --host=mpd.computer42.org --var_dir=/var/lib/mpd-sima/ --config=/etc/mpd-sima.cfg --> works + + [see #6 - this was triggered by strict permissions on /etc/mpd-sima.cfg + and a missing error message] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056738 Title: host setting is not recognized from config file [file permission problem] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpd-sima/+bug/1056738/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
