MPD playing without 'user'

lespaul047 · 05-03-2008, 05:39 AM

This is the situation: I have a server and MPD is running as daemon. I created a frontend player with Apache/MySql. I can play music and control it with any browser from any machine in my network and even my handheld pc (that is what I want). I have sound as long as any user is logged in. The moment I log out, the sound stops. What I want is the machine to produce sound even when there is no user logged in (as a real server). Any suggestions?

tredegar · 05-03-2008, 06:44 AM

Welcome to LQ!

I always have a vncserver session started for my user at boot time on my server. So I put this line in /etc/rc.local :

Code:

su  -  myusername  -c  "cd /home/myusername && vncserver :1 -geometry  1024x768  -depth 24"

I have noticed the server makes the default "KDE is starting up" sound as it boots to the login screen, even though nobody is logged in yet.

So, something like this might solve your problem.
Youll also need this text in /home/yourusername/.vnc/xstartup

Code:

#!/bin/bash
# This is the file /home/yourusername/.vnc/xstartup
startkde &

If you are running gnome, I think you need startgdm instead of startkde

You will not have to use this desktop, you can just leave it running there.

lespaul047 · 05-04-2008, 12:29 AM

I can't get my vnc server to work (something with wrong font path) and I prefer to focus on a real solution for my problem, instead of trying to get the vnc server work. In the meantime I found a solution. The Mixer I used was configured as "software" and I changed it into the OSS mixer. Thanx anyway...