Unfortunately, there’s not too much more from increasing the debug level. Here’s the console output:
# ./mt-daapd -c /etc/mt-daapd.conf -f -d 9
Loading config file /etc/mt-daapd.conf
Opening file:///etc/mt-daapd.conf?ascii=1
Checking handler for file
opening /etc/mt-daapd.conf
Config file open
Got general/web_root, convert to general/web_root (/share/mt-daapd/admin-root)
Found existing section
Got general/port, convert to general/port (3689)
Found existing section
Got general/admin_pw, convert to general/admin_pw (mt-daapd)
Found existing section
Got general/db_type, convert to general/db_type (sqlite)
Found existing section
Got general/db_parms, convert to general/db_parms (/var/cache/mt-daapd)
Found existing section
Got general/mp3_dir, convert to general/mp3_dir (/home/bridgea)
Found existing section
Found 1 tokens in /home/bridgea
Token 1: /home/bridgea
Got general/servername, convert to general/servername (Firefly %v on %h)
Found existing section
Got general/runas, convert to general/runas (root)
Found existing section
Got general/extensions, convert to general/extensions (.mp3,.m4a,.m4p)
Found existing section
Got general/ssc_codectypes, convert to general/ssc_codectypes (ogg,flac,alac)
Found existing section
Got general/ssc_prog, convert to general/ssc_prog (/bin/mt-daapd-ssc.sh)
Found existing section
Got general/logfile, convert to general/logfile (/var/log/mt-daapd.log)
Found existing section
Expanding precomments to 2048
Got general/scan_type, convert to general/scan_type (2)
Found existing section
Got plugins/plugin_dir, convert to plugins/plugin_dir (/lib/mt-daapd/plugins)
Found existing section
Got scanning/process_playlists, convert to scanning/process_playlists (1)
Found existing section
Got scanning/process_itunes, convert to scanning/process_itunes (1)
Found existing section
Got scanning/process_m3u, convert to scanning/process_m3u (1)
Found existing section
Checking existence of /share/mt-daapd/admin-root
Checking existence of /share/mt-daapd/admin-root
Checking existence of /var/cache/mt-daapd
Checking existence of /var/cache/mt-daapd
Checking existence of /lib/mt-daapd/plugins
Checking existence of /lib/mt-daapd/plugins
Loading new config file.
Opening file:///var/log/mt-daapd.log?mode=a&ascii=1
Checking handler for file
opening /var/log/mt-daapd.log
Firefly Version svn-1696: Starting with debuglevel 9
Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/out-daap.so
Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/out-daap.so (daap/svn-1696)
New transcode codec list:
Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/rsp.so
Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/rsp.so (rsp/svn-1696)
New transcode codec list:
Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so
Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so (ssc-script/svn-1696)
New transcode codec list: ogg,flac,alac
Plugin loaded: ssc-script/svn-1696
Plugin loaded: rsp/svn-1696
Plugin loaded: daap/svn-1696
Starting rendezvous daemon
Starting signal handler
Couldn't lookup user root
Error in drop_privs: No such file or directory
Aborting
# Couldn't lookup user root
The log file gives no more information:
cat /var/log/mt-daapd.log
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Firefly Version svn-1696: Starting with debuglevel 9
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/out-daap.so
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/out-daap.so (daap/svn-1696)
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): New transcode codec list:
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/rsp.so
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/rsp.so (rsp/svn-1696)
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): New transcode codec list:
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Attempting to load plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Loaded plugin /lib/mt-daapd/plugins/ssc-script.so (ssc-script/svn-1696)
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): New transcode codec list: ogg,flac,alac
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Plugin loaded: ssc-script/svn-1696
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Plugin loaded: rsp/svn-1696
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Plugin loaded: daap/svn-1696
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Starting rendezvous daemon
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Starting signal handler
1970-01-01 00:47:42 (00000400): Error in drop_privs: No such file or directory
1970-01-01 00:47:42: Aborting
#