mpd unable to create database

[René F. Franke]

Version: Linux Mint 12 (Gnome 64-bit)

After installing mpd via apt-get, the service refuses to create the needed database. This behaviour is easily reproducable. Especially when having a look at /etc/init.d/mpd, which ends up with:

 case "$1" in
    start)
        mpd_start
        ;;
    stop)
        mpd_stop
        ;;
    status)
     status_of_proc -p $PIDFILE $DAEMON $NAME
 ;;
    restart|force-reload)
        mpd_stop
        mpd_start
        ;;
    force-start)
        mpd_start
        ;;
    force-restart)
        mpd_stop
        mpd_start
        ;;
    force-reload)
 mpd_stop
 mpd_start
 ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|start-create-db|stop|restart|force-reload}"
        exit 2
        ;;

So the parameter "start-create-db" will never be caught. Neither is there any rountine within the mpd_start-function concerning the database.

I fixed the problem so far by using /etc/init.d/mpd as provided by Debian 6.0.3:

"
[...]
mpd_start () {
    if [ "$START_MPD" != "true" ]; then
        log_action_msg "Not starting MPD: disabled by /etc/default/$NAME".
        exit 0
    fi

    log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"

    if [ -z "$PIDFILE" -o -z "$DBFILE" ]; then
        log_failure_msg \
            "$MPDCONF must have db_file and pid_file set; cannot start daemon."
        exit 1
    fi

    PIDDIR=$(dirname "$PIDFILE")
    if [ ! -d "$PIDDIR" ]; then
        mkdir -m 0755 $PIDDIR
        chown mpd:audio $PIDDIR
    fi

    if [ "$FORCE_CREATE_DB" -o ! -f "$DBFILE" ]; then
        log_warning_msg "creating $DBFILE... "
        $DAEMON --create-db "$MPDCONF" > /dev/null 2>&1
    fi

    start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --oknodo --pidfile "$PIDFILE" \
        --exec "$DAEMON" -- $MPD_OPTS "$MPDCONF"
    log_end_msg $?
}

[...]
case "$1" in
    start)
        mpd_start
        ;;
    stop)
        mpd_stop
        ;;
    restart|force-reload)
        mpd_stop
        mpd_start
        ;;
    force-start|start-create-db)
        FORCE_CREATE_DB=1
        mpd_start
        ;;
    force-restart)
        FORCE_CREATE_DB=1
        mpd_stop
        mpd_start
[...]
"

Kind regards

René Franke
Wiesbaden, Germany

[Ronny Cardona (rcart)]

Hello René.

You should take a look at the changelog in 0.16.2-1 version: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mpd/0.16.2-1ubuntu1
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[Benoît Knecht (benoit-knecht)]

Since the functionality has been removed from the init script, the Usage string should be updated to reflect this (see attached patch).

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Ronny Cardona (rcart)]

Benoît Knecht, I'll try to work on a branch to correct it, and if needed, forward it to upstream.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mpd - 0.16.5-1ubuntu3

---------------
mpd (0.16.5-1ubuntu3) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/mpd.init.d:
    - Removed start-create-db option from Usage string. (LP: #902485)
 -- Ronny Cardona <email address hidden> Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:02:12 -0800