2014-09-04 0:29 GMT+04:00 Nicholas Fleisher <nfleis...@gmail.com>: > On Wed Sep 03 9:39 PM, David Coppa wrote: >> > Thanks, but unfortunately getting rid of the corrupted database doesn't >> > help. mpd can't seem to create a good new one from scratch. >> >> Double check your /etc/mpd.conf, check that /var/spool/mpd has the >> right owner/group and permissions, have a look at /var/log/mpd/mpd.log >> for errors... > > I tried reinstalling (including userdel/groupdel _mpd, and so forth) and > starting with a fresh /etc/mpd.conf, but still no luck. > Owner/group/permissions on /var/spool/mpd are correct (i.e. owner and > group both _mpd, writeable for both). The log shows mpd adding several > songs and then abruptly quitting. It complains twice about the mpdstate > file being missing, but even after touch'ing it and setting appropriate > ownership/permissions, I get the same error as before. > > The only other info I can think of that might be helpful: after the > fresh reinstall and mpd startup, the /var/spool/mpd directory contains > only mpd.pid and the playlists directory, i.e. mpd.db and mpdstate are > both missing. (though, as mentioned above, manually creating them and > then retrying does not solve the problem). > > Thanks for all the suggestions. Running out of ideas here...
Try ktrace then. You'll need to set up a complex command line with sudo involved, but this would give you what system call fails (if any, but I'm sure there it is). -- WBR, Vadim Zhukov
