[PLUG] Stupid network question

[Bill Barry]

On Sat, Dec 7, 2019, 4:38 PM John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> I installed Cantata, a music player that can stream internet radio
> stations (real stations that have announcers, news, etc.). I
> installed it from the Ubuntu repositories. I can't run it because it
> starts by presenting a popup asking for network information. There are
> three boxes to fill in: Host (with 'localhost' as the default,
> Password, and a box that contains the default '6600.' There is also a
> Connect button, and I can't proceed to the Next button until the
> connection is established.
>
> As I attempt to get it to connect Banshee music player is streaming
> Radio Classique (Paris) and Chromium browser is working fine - in other
> words, the computer is certainly connected to the internet. I've never
> had an app that couldn't connect, everything else 'just works.'
>
> The default settings give me an error message 'failed to send command
> to "Default" (localhost 6600) - not connected. I tried entering the IP
> address of the computer in the Host box, also the IP address of the
> router, and the MAC address of the router. Nothing works. All that
> happens is that the error message changes to reflect what I entered in
> the boxes.
>
> Before I give up on Cantata I thought I'd ask for suggestions for other
> things to enter in the three boxes.
>


This article
https://linuxconfig.org/configuring-the-mpd-music-server-on-ubuntu-linux
implies that the password is set in /etc/mpd There could also be in some
local version of that in your home directory. I have no direct experience
with Cantata so beware of this information.

Bill

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