[Pkg-mpd-maintainers] Bug#958179: create user-friendly startup configuration

Sun Apr 19 13:12:53 BST 2020

Package: mpd
Version: 0.21.20-1
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

I have used mpd like 10 years ago and it was quite okay back then. I
wanted to revive it, and I failed.
It seems that:

a) is no longer capable of auto-detecting an ALSA device. I get errors
like "Failed to open ALSA device (default)"

b) when I change the config to use pulse audio, it fails. The reported
error is not helpful, mentioning some permission problem. Maybe
README.Debian should explain in detail what this is about?

In the end it looks like it runs as a separate user without permissions.
And README.Debian talks around that fact but not saying clearly what's
up. Then it suggests to clone the config to $HOME in varios ways and
investigate how to start it.

I am sorry, but for me those instructions look just messy. There should
be some kind of script for initial setup which the user just runs and it
asks "do you want to use it in your Desktop session?" and if not then it
should clearly communicate how to modify permissions to make the audio
output accessible.

Best regards,
Eduard.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 5.6.3+ (SMP w/12 CPU cores)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages mpd depends on:
ii  adduser                   3.118
ii  init-system-helpers       1.57
ii  libadplug-2.3.1-0         2.3.1+dfsg-2
ii  libao4                    1.2.2+20180113-1+b1
ii  libasound2                1.2.2-2.1
ii  libaudiofile1             0.3.6-5
ii  libavahi-client3          0.7-5
ii  libavahi-common3          0.7-5
ii  libavcodec58              7:4.2.2-1+b1
ii  libavformat58             7:4.2.2-1+b1
ii  libavutil56               7:4.2.2-1+b1
ii  libbz2-1.0                1.0.8-2
ii  libc6                     2.30-4
ii  libcdio-cdda2             10.2+2.0.0-1+b1
ii  libcdio-paranoia2         10.2+2.0.0-1+b1
ii  libcdio18                 2.0.0-2
ii  libcurl3-gnutls           7.68.0-1
ii  libdbus-1-3               1.12.16-2
ii  libexpat1                 2.2.9-1
ii  libfaad2                  2.9.1-1
ii  libflac8                  1.3.3-1
ii  libfluidsynth2            2.1.1-2
ii  libgcc-s1                 10-20200411-1
ii  libgcrypt20               1.8.5-5
ii  libgme0                   0.6.3-2
ii  libicu63                  63.2-3
ii  libid3tag0                0.15.1b-14
ii  libiso9660-11             2.0.0-2
ii  libixml10                 1:1.8.4-2
ii  libjack0 [libjack-0.125]  1:0.125.0-3+b1
ii  libjs-sphinxdoc           2.4.3-2
ii  libmad0                   0.15.1b-10
ii  libmikmod3                3.3.11.1-4
ii  libmms0                   0.6.4-3
ii  libmodplug1               1:0.8.9.0-2
ii  libmp3lame0               3.100-3
ii  libmpcdec6                2:0.1~r495-2
ii  libmpdclient2             2.18-1
ii  libmpg123-0               1.25.13-1
ii  libnfs13                  4.0.0-1
ii  libogg0                   1.3.2-1+b1
ii  libopenal1                1:1.19.1-1+b1
ii  libopus0                  1.3-1+b1
ii  libpcre3                  2:8.39-12+b1
ii  libpulse0                 13.0-5
ii  libsamplerate0            0.1.9-2
ii  libshout3                 2.4.3-1
ii  libsidplayfp4             1.8.8-1+b1
ii  libsmbclient              2:4.11.5+dfsg-1+b1
ii  libsndfile1               1.0.28-7
ii  libsndio7.0               1.5.0-3
ii  libsoxr0                  0.1.3-2
ii  libsqlite3-0              3.31.1-5
ii  libstdc++6                10-20200411-1
ii  libsystemd0               245.4-4
ii  libupnp13                 1:1.8.4-2
ii  libvorbis0a               1.3.6-2
ii  libvorbisenc2             1.3.6-2
ii  libwavpack1               5.2.0-1
ii  libwildmidi2              0.4.3-1
ii  libyajl2                  2.1.0-3
ii  libzzip-0-13              0.13.62-3.2
ii  lsb-base                  11.1.0
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.11.dfsg-2

mpd recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mpd suggests:
pn  avahi-daemon         <none>
ii  gmpc [mpd-client]    11.8.16-17
pn  icecast2             <none>
ii  mpc [mpd-client]     0.33-1
ii  ncmpc [mpd-client]   0.35-1
ii  pulseaudio           13.0-5
ii  pygmy [mpd-client]   0.48-4
ii  sonata [mpd-client]  1.7~b1-4

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/logrotate.d/mpd changed:
/var/log/mpd/*.log {
	daily
	missingok
	rotate 3
	compress
	notifempty
	copytruncate
	create 600
}

/etc/mpd.conf changed:
music_directory		"/data/wdblue_partition5/audio"
playlist_directory		"/var/lib/mpd/playlists"
db_file			"/var/lib/mpd/tag_cache"
log_file			"/var/log/mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file			"/run/mpd/pid"
state_file			"/var/lib/mpd/state"
sticker_file                   "/var/lib/mpd/sticker.sql"
user				"mpd"
bind_to_address		"localhost"
input {
        plugin "curl"
}
input {
        enabled    "no"
        plugin     "qobuz"
}
input {
        enabled      "no"
        plugin       "tidal"
}
decoder {
        plugin                  "hybrid_dsd"
        enabled                 "no"
}
audio_output {
	type		"alsa"
	name		"My ALSA Device"
}
filesystem_charset		"UTF-8"

-- no debconf information

--
<abi> hat hier wer ne arm und schnell zeit n paket zu bauen?
<mellum> abi: hast du gerade "arm" und "schnell" in einem Satz benutzt?