icecast: Server startup failed. Exiting

R03L · 07-13-2009, 11:43 AM

icecast -c /etc/icecast.xml

server startup failed. exiting??

here is my icecast configuration

Code:

<icecast>
<limits>
        <clients>100</clients>
        <sources>2</sources>
        <threadpool>5</threadpool>
        <queue-size>102400</queue-size>
        <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
        <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
        <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
        <burst-on-connect>1</burst-on-connect>
        <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
    </limits>
<authentication>
        <source-password>geenidwat</source-password>
        <relay-password>geenidwatrelay</relay-password>
        <admin-user>vlip</admin-user>
        <admin-password>geenidwat3</admin-password>
    </authentication>

<hostname>127.0.0.1</hostname>
<listen-socket>
        <port>8000</port>
        <bind-address>127.0.0.1</bind-address>
    </listen-socket>
<playlist>
	<item>
		<filename>http://www.activeradio.nl/listen.m3u</filename>
		<artist>stream</artist>
		<title>Activeradio.nl Stream</title>
	</item>
	<item>
		<filename>http://www.activeradio.nl/listen.m3u</filename>
	<artist>stream</artist>
		<title>Activeradio.nl</title>
	</item>
</playlist>
    <paths>
        <basedir>./</basedir>
        <logdir>/home/roel/icecast/logs</logdir>
        <pidfile>./icecast.pid</pidfile>
        <webroot>./web</webroot>
        <adminroot>./admin</adminroot>
        <alias source="/foo" dest="/bar"/>

    </paths>
<logging>
        <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
        <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
      	<loglevel>4</loglevel>
    </logging>

<security>
<chroot>0</chroot>

<changeowner>
<user>nouser</user>
<group>nogroup</group>
</changeowner>

</security> 
</icecast>

i tried diffrent setups of icecast.xml from the website but all no chance

can anybody please help me!

R03L · 07-13-2009, 02:24 PM

no logmessages :s

R03L · 07-13-2009, 02:32 PM

ok whithout help i got it working,,
now i want to stream some external stream into my icecast?? what do i need in script for that?

R03L · 07-16-2009, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by R03L

ok whithout help i got it working,,
now i want to stream some external stream into my icecast?? what do i need in script for that?

ho did i get it working,,

open commandline : killall icecast

marco-slack · 07-19-2009, 04:09 AM

hey RO3L
I have the same issue: server startup failed. exiting. ...without logs
how did you solve it?

R03L · 07-20-2009, 04:39 AM

open console and type killall icecast or sudo killall icecast
it should shut down and than try again

igordbm · 04-05-2011, 02:30 PM

in my case had a program running on the same server port icecast2 finalized the program and the server started normally.

orionz · 08-15-2012, 07:30 PM

Hi, I get same problem in Ubuntu 12.04. Without log file too (empty file in /var/log/icecast2)

When I try to start (#sudo /ete/init.d/icecast2 start), I always get this notification :
# Starting icecast2: Starting icecast2
# Detaching from console
# icecast2.
# Server startup failed. Existing

I use standard icecast installation, I also tried "killall icecast2" / "kill icecast", changed into another port, but still get the problem.

What should I do to fix this issue?

ps : sorry because I can't speak English well.

ikem · 07-17-2014, 08:21 PM

If you are like me, you had forgotten to change the default port from "8000" to something else.

I needed to change that, because apache2 is already running on that port.