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mpd fails to start if music_directory is on NFS

Bug #141425 reported by Paul Natsuo Kishimoto
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mpd (Debian)
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mpd (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mpd

In /etc/mpd.conf, music_directory is, by default, /var/lib/mpd/music

I have /var/lib/mpd/music symlinked to a NFS folder. However, since mpd is before mountall.sh in the rc*.d directories (30 vs. 35), mpd fails to start because the NFS share is not mounted.

I fixed this by running:
 sudo update-rc.d -f mpd remove
 sudo update-rc.d mpd start 40 2 3 4 5 . stop 0 1 6 .
... but it would be nice if the package was corrected so I didn't have to do this.

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Dutch Gecko (dutch-gecko) wrote :

Confirming this, where the directory has been set directly using .mpdconf rather than symlinks. The music is located on a dmraid device on an NTFS partition.

Changed in mpd:
status: New → Confirmed
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Martin Brook (martin.brook) wrote :

Confirmed in gutsy.

This one had me stumped, your suggested fix makes perfect sense.

However, I think the commands should be as follows (the 15 was missing):

sudo update-rc.d -f mpd remove
sudo update-rc.d mpd start 40 2 3 4 5 . stop 15 0 1 6 .

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Changed in mpd:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru) wrote :

Experiencing this again in 8.10.

This time the offender would seem to be /etc/init.d/mountfs.sh or mountnfs-bootclean.sh; however:
# update-rc.d -f mpd remove
# update-rc.d mpd defaults 47 17
...doesn't seem to fix the problem. Perhaps it is a matter of dependencies in the init scripts?

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Thanks for reporting. Is this still an issue for you? Could you also try jaunty?

Changed in mpd (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Paul Natsuo Kishimoto (khaeru) wrote :

I just installed the Jaunty release candidate, and it seems to be fixed. nfs-common (S20) is mounting my NFS share, and mpd is at S30 by default.

Unfortunately that was the last system I had running 8.10 LTS, so I don't know if it is still there. I should note that that system was originally installed as 7.04 and had been upgraded repeatedly; I did a clean install for Jaunty to use ext4. Perhaps the bug was a consequence of the upgrades, and won't appear on new LTS installs. Maybe the other commenters can corroborate this, if it is important.

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rusivi2 (rusivi2-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. I noticed that the package version your bugging is updated in Maverick. Please update via www.ubuntu.com repost a detailed error report, and update the bug status. Thanks!

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Florian Schlichting (fschlich) wrote :

as per comment #5

Changed in mpd (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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