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Old 30th November 2019
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Default Help with ncmpcpp please

I've done pkg_add with mpd, mpc and ncmpcpp and enabled the mpd daemon.
I've read the man pages for all and reviewed a post by Shep at:

http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=8282

For ~/.mpdconf I set music_directory as "~/Music" and left the rest as defaults.
For ~/.ncmpcpp/config I set mpd_music_directory as ~/Music and left the rest as defaults.

When i start ncmpcpp I'm in a blank playlist screen with "connected to localhost" at the bottom".
Hitting #2 brings me to a blank Browse: / screen. Hitting #2 again brings up a message:

"For browsing local filesystem connection to MPD via Unix Socket is required"

If I do doas mpd, I get:

exception: failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600'
exception:nested:Failed to bind socket:Address already in use

At this point I am stuck and would appreciate any assistance.

Thank you
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Old 30th November 2019
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And:

stanl:~$ doas mpd
doas (stanl@absalom.fios-router.home) password:
Nov 30 13:21 : exception: bind to '127.0.0.1:6600' failed (continuing anyway, because binding to '/var/run/mpd/socket' succeeded): Failed to bind socket: Address already in use
Nov 30 13:21 : exception: bind to '[::1]:6600' failed (continuing anyway, because binding to '/var/run/mpd/socket' succeeded): Failed to bind socket: Address already in use
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Old 30th November 2019
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The mpd package comes with a default '/etc/mpd.conf which starts the mpd daemon. If you review /etc/mpd.conf, you will see that it's places most of it files (including the Music directory) in /var and defaults to localhost.

For local use, rename /etc/mpd.conf -> /etc/mpd.backup. If you followed my post, you should have created a local .mpd/mpd.conf that creates a unix socket. Also, no need for "doas".
If mpd is started by a user, it will be able to access the users home directory. If you copy/paste my post, it should work.

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Old 1st December 2019
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Shep - I pkg_deleted everything and then added it all back to start fresh.
I followed your instructions and everything is now working.
Not sure where I screwed up first time around but I thank you for your time.
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