# (resolved) MiniDLNA not running on rPi2 Jessie **URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [8 November 2015 23:16 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147 "2015-11-08T23:16:15Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Mootch) #### Post date: [8 November 2015 23:16 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/1 "2015-11-08T23:16:15Z")
I’m getting this message when checking the status of minidlna on the Jessie image: ```nohighlight root@DietPi2:/etc# service minidlna status ● minidlna.service - MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-11-08 18:08:51 EST; 3min 11s ago Process: 1331 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minidlnad -S (code=exited, status=255) Process: 1327 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown $USER /var/run/minidlna (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 1325 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/minidlna (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 1331 (code=exited, status=255) Nov 08 18:08:50 DietPi2 systemd[1]: Started MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software. Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "A,/root/Music" not accessible [Permission denied] Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "P,/root/Pictures" not accessible [Permission denied] Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "V,/root/Video" not accessible [Permission denied] Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] utils.c:277: warn: make_dir: cannot create directory '/root/.MiniDLNA_Cache' Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:655: fatal: Database path not accessible! [/root/.MiniDLNA_Cache] Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 systemd[1]: minidlna.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 systemd[1]: Unit minidlna.service entered failed state. ``` It looks like a permission issue, but I am running as root so I’m not sure what permission I would need to grant. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! ---
### Author: ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee) #### Post date: [9 November 2015 15:01 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/2 "2015-11-09T15:01:48Z")
> [@Mootch](#): > > I’m getting this message when checking the status of minidlna on the Jessie image: > > ```plaintext > root@DietPi2:/etc# service minidlna status > ● minidlna.service - MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software > Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service; disabled) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-11-08 18:08:51 EST; 3min 11s ago > Process: 1331 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minidlnad -S (code=exited, status=255) > Process: 1327 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown $USER /var/run/minidlna (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > Process: 1325 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/minidlna (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) > Main PID: 1331 (code=exited, status=255) > > Nov 08 18:08:50 DietPi2 systemd[1]: Started MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software. > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "A,/root/Music" not accessible [Permission denied] > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "P,/root/Pictures" not accessible [Permission denied] > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:611: error: Media directory "V,/root/Video" not accessible [Permission denied] > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] utils.c:277: warn: make_dir: cannot create directory '/root/.MiniDLNA_Cache' > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 minidlnad[1331]: [2015/11/08 18:08:51] minidlna.c:655: fatal: Database path not accessible! [/root/.MiniDLNA_Cache] > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 systemd[1]: minidlna.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a > Nov 08 18:08:51 DietPi2 systemd[1]: Unit minidlna.service entered failed state. > > ``` > > It looks like a permission issue, but I am running as root so I’m not sure what permission I would need to grant. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Looks like minidlna isnt running as root. The weird thing is, i did a test install on my RPiv2 + Jessie just now, and, service runs fine. **Can you try the following:** ```plaintext sed -i '/USER=m/c\USER=root' /etc/init.d/minidlna systemctl daemon-reload service minidlna restart ``` **Checks its running:** ```plaintext systemctl status minidlna.service ``` **If it still says failed, can you post the contents of:** ```plaintext cat /etc/init.d/minidlna cat /lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service ls -lha /root ``` **EDIT:** It looks like your system is using a systemd service instead (/lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service) of the LSB (/etc/init.d/minidlna) which gets installed. Did you install minidlna via dietpi-software? Also, are you running the RPi v1 or v2: ```plaintext cat /DietPi/dietpi/.hw_model ``` ---
### Author: ![Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Mootch) #### Post date: [9 November 2015 19:09 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/3 "2015-11-09T19:09:04Z")
I can try the code you suggested when I get home and see if that works. I am running with Jessie on a Raspberry Pi 2. Currently, it’s installed from the dietpi-software on a fresh image. I noticed that it broke after an apt-get update/upgrade on a previous image and then tried to re-image but it still didn’t work. ---
### Author: ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee) #### Post date: [9 November 2015 20:03 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/4 "2015-11-09T20:03:37Z")
> [@Mootch](#): > > I can try the code you suggested when I get home and see if that works. > > I am running with Jessie on a Raspberry Pi 2. Currently, it’s installed from the dietpi-software on a fresh image. I noticed that it broke after an apt-get update/upgrade on a previous image and then tried to re-image but it still didn’t work. Thanks mootch, It may also be worth sending a ```plaintext dietpi-bugreport ``` if you get the time. No need to fill out the text file, I only need the generated reference CODE:. ---
### Author: ![Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Mootch) #### Post date: [9 November 2015 22:16 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/5 "2015-11-09T22:16:21Z")
Here is the output of the commands you asked about after I tried it with your changes. It still failed due to the same error. ```nohighlight root@DietPi2:~# cat /etc/init.d/minidlna #!/bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: minidlna # Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs # Required-Stop: $network $local_fs $remote_fs # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: 0 1 6 # Short-Description: Start minidlna at boot time # Description: Manage the minidlna daemon, a DLNA/UPnP-AV media server. ### END INIT INFO unset USER # PATH should only include /usr/* if it runs after the mountnfs.sh script PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin DESC="DLNA/UPnP-AV media server" NAME=minidlna DAEMON=/usr/sbin/minidlnad DAEMON_ARGS="-f /etc/minidlna/minidlna.conf" PIDFILE=/var/run/minidlna/minidlna.pid SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/minidlna DEFAULT=/etc/default/$NAME # Exit if the package is not installed [-x $DAEMON] || exit 0 # Read configuration variable file if it is present [-r $DEFAULT] && . $DEFAULT # Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables . /lib/init/vars.sh # Define LSB log_* functions. # Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present. . /lib/lsb/init-functions # Do not start the daemon if NO_START is enabled in DEFAULT if ["$START_DAEMON" != "yes"] && ["$1" != "stop"]; then log_warning_msg "$NAME: Not starting $DESC." log_warning_msg "$NAME: Disabled in $DEFAULT." exit 0 fi # Set the default configuration file if [-z $CONFIGFILE]; then CONFIGFILE=/etc/minidlna.conf fi # Set the default log file if [-z $LOGFILE]; then LOGFILE=/var/log/minidlna.log fi # Run as `minidlna' if USER is not specified or is `root' if [-z $USER]; then USER=root fi # If no group is specified, use USER if [-z $GROUP]; then GROUP=$USER fi if [! -d /var/run/minidlna]; then mkdir /var/run/minidlna chown $USER:$GROUP /var/run/minidlna fi DAEMON_ARGS="-f $CONFIGFILE -P $PIDFILE $DAEMON_OPTS" # # Function that starts the daemon/service # do_start() { # Return # 0 if daemon has been started # 1 if daemon was already running # 2 if daemon could not be started touch $LOGFILE && chown $USER:$GROUP $LOGFILE || return 2 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --chuid $USER:$GROUP --exec $DAEMON --test > /dev/null \ || return 1 start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --chuid $USER:$GROUP --exec $DAEMON -- \ $DAEMON_ARGS \ || return 2 } # # Function that stops the daemon/service # do_stop() { # Return # 0 if daemon has been stopped # 1 if daemon was already stopped # 2 if daemon could not be stopped # other if a failure occurred start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME RETVAL="$?" ["$RETVAL" = 2] && return 2 # Wait for children to finish too if this is a daemon that forks # and if the daemon is only ever run from this initscript. start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --oknodo --retry=0/30/KILL/5 --exec $DAEMON ["$?" = 2] && return 2 # Many daemons don't delete their pidfiles when they exit. rm -f $PIDFILE return "$RETVAL" } # # Function that sends a SIGHUP to the daemon/service # do_reload() { start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --name $NAME return 0 } case "$1" in start) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC " "$NAME" do_start case "$?" in 0|1) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_end_msg 0 ;; 2) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; stop) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME" do_stop case "$?" in 0|1) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_end_msg 0 ;; 2) ["$VERBOSE" != no] && log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; status) status_of_proc -p "$PIDFILE" "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $? ;; restart|force-reload) log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME" do_stop case "$?" in 0|1) if ["$1" = "force-reload"]; then # Rescan the collection DAEMON_ARGS="$DAEMON_ARGS -R" fi do_start case "$?" in 0) log_end_msg 0 ;; 1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running *) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start esac ;; *) # Failed to stop log_end_msg 1 ;; esac ;; *) #echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload}" >&2 echo "Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|status|restart|force-reload}" >&2 exit 3 ;; esac : root@DietPi2:~# cat /lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service [Unit] Description=MiniDLNA is a DLNA/UPnP-AV server software After=local-fs.target network.target [Service] User=minidlna Group=minidlna Type=simple # drop root just before ExecStart to allow ExecStartPre to run as root PermissionsStartOnly=true # create PID directory ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/minidlna ExecStartPre=/bin/chown $USER /var/run/minidlna ExecStart=/usr/sbin/minidlnad -S [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target root@DietPi2:~# ls -lha /root total 52K drwx------ 9 root root 4.0K Nov 8 19:23 . drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:52 .. -rw------- 1 root root 782 Nov 9 14:07 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 723 Nov 8 17:13 .bashrc drwx------ 3 root root 4.0K Feb 15 2015 .config drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:50 downloads drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Nov 8 19:23 .java drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:50 .MiniDLNA_Cache drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:50 Music -rw------- 1 root root 57 Nov 8 18:10 .nano_history drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:50 Pictures -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 140 Nov 19 2007 .profile drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 8 17:50 Video root@DietPi2:~# ``` I submitted a bug report, CODE b827ebf315ec-0 ---
### Author: ![Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Mootch](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Mootch) #### Post date: [10 November 2015 13:18 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/6 "2015-11-10T13:18:48Z")
I ended up re-imaging the device and minidlna seems to be working now. Not sure what I did differently last time. Thanks for looking into this. ---
### Author: ![Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/user_avatar/dietpi.com/fourdee/32/11_2.png) [@Fourdee](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Fourdee) #### Post date: [10 November 2015 13:42 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/resolved-minidlna-not-running-on-rpi2-jessie/147/7 "2015-11-10T13:42:17Z")
> [@Mootch](#): > > I ended up re-imaging the device and minidlna seems to be working now. Not sure what I did differently last time. Thanks for looking into this. Yep, looks like you had both LSB and SystemD init scripts. The systemd script was set to user=minidlna /lib/systemd/system/minidlna.service, that was causing the issue. As for why you have both scripts, no idea lol 🙂 Regardless i’ll update the installation code to support both scripts, just incase the minidlna package decides to update to systemd scripts in the future.