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Im really not good at this computer stuff, so if anyone has any advice that they can offer IN ENGLISH it would be MOST appreciated!
When I open the firefly program and click on the server tab, there is a button that says “start server”
I click on that, and the server starts (turning my icon from read to orange). it stays that way for about a minute, and then turns itself off again… and says “server is not currently running”
I cant get it to stay ON….
any help?
We need more information to identify the problem.
Could you copy&paste the complete log?There’s another tab called “Log”. It contains probably a big list of NON-ENGLISH text. 😉
Copy & Paste that here so we can have a look and try to translate it.I have a similar problem. I am running XP professional. Firefly boots up when i log in to my pc with the administrator password. Obviously its not good to run routinely like this but when i use my personal log in to the pc firefly does not start running and the firefly software wont let me start it up – it tells me that I can only do this in with admion rights. i need to set Firefly up so it automatically starts when I use my personal log in to the pc.
can someone please tell me how to do this. i attach a copy of my Firefly log
Log file: firefly.log
2009-07-27 18:49:06 (20df3cfe): Starting with debuglevel 0
2009-07-27 18:49:07 (20df3cfe): Starting rendezvous daemon
2009-07-27 18:49:07 (20df3cfe): Initializing database
2009-07-27 18:49:09 (20df3cfe): Starting web server from C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serveradmin-root on port 9999
2009-07-27 18:49:09 (20df3cfe): Registering rendezvous names
2009-07-27 18:49:10 (20df3cfe): Serving 959 songs. Startup complete in 4 seconds
2009-07-27 18:49:10 (20df3cfe): Rescanning database
2009-07-27 18:49:22 (20df3cfe): Starting playlist scan
2009-07-27 18:49:22 (20df3cfe): Scanned 959 songs (was 959) in 12 secondsI am still going nuts with these problems – 1) firefly shutting down of its own accord 2) firefly not starting up unless I am using admin login to windows XP and worse I cant switch the server on unless in admin login – inmy own login the ‘switch on’ button foir the server is greyed out. This all means that I have to log on to my pc in admin password – then i go doewnstairs to listen to my mucis on soundbridge and after some time Firefly shuts down and i have to go upstairs and start again.
This didnt happen on my previous PC so can some expert please tell me whats gone wrong? Soundbridge/Firefly is a great idea but in practice useless for me right now. There must be a simple solution.
here is a copy of my recent log (in case its relevant I store my music in a folder on the hard drive (not MYmusic but I have set up Firefly so it can find the sahred music folder)
2009-09-22 12:05:47 (20df3cfe): Starting with debuglevel 0
2009-09-22 12:05:49 (20df3cfe): Starting rendezvous daemon
2009-09-22 12:05:49 (20df3cfe): Initializing database
2009-09-22 12:05:51 (20df3cfe): Starting web server from C:Program FilesFirefly Media Serveradmin-root on port 9999
2009-09-22 12:05:51 (20df3cfe): Registering rendezvous names
2009-09-22 12:05:52 (20df3cfe): Serving 985 songs. Startup complete in 5 seconds
2009-09-22 12:05:52 (20df3cfe): Rescanning database
2009-09-22 12:06:04 (20df3cfe): Starting playlist scan
2009-09-22 12:06:05 (20df3cfe): Scanned 974 songs (was 985) in 13 seconds
2009-09-22 12:16:07 (20df3cfe): Rescanning database
2009-09-22 12:17:41 (20df3cfe): Starting playlist scan
2009-09-22 12:17:41 (20df3cfe): Scanned 974 songs (was 974) in 94 seconds
2009-09-22 12:27:43 (20df3cfe): Rescanning database
2009-09-22 12:28:05 (20df3cfe): Query: INSERT INTO updated VALUES (215)
2009-09-22 12:28:05 (20df3cfe): Error: unable to open database file
2009-09-22 12:28:05: AbortingI am really p….ed off with this problem. Firefly is great for the 5 minutes till it crashes. I see someone else had a similar problem. Can anyone PLEASE help?
Well for a start you need to up your debug level to say level 5 and post the output. There’s not much info to work on from what you have given us. I’m not a Windows bod so may not be in a position to offer much help but give us your log output and that will tell us a bit more.
A stab in the dark on the running as admin-only: Like I say, I don’t do Windows but is there somewhere in your Settings/Control Panel that you can grant access rights to specific users rather than just the Admin login?
Like andyg said, you should try raising the debuglevel. The highest is level 9, but a lot of unnecessary information will be given.
Ofcourse, with a lower debuglevel, crucial info might be left out, so it never hurts to try debuglevel 9.Next to that, the error states it has trouble accessing the database.
First of all I can tell you that as soon as Firefly hits an error, it shuts itself down.
A common error is the database getting corrupt. Why or how? We don’t know. If we did, we would’ve fixed it.
Another possibility is the database being locked, due to a failure at releasing the lock the last time it accessed the database.But these are just ideas. I suggest raising your debuglevel in order to get more information on the crash.
OK so i must be dumber than i thought. How do i turn up the debug level? I hpe this doesnt require the on line on line administration because this has never worked for me – i click on the button and get ‘cannot display webpage’message’. IF someone can tell me how to tuirn up debug level i will post up the output.
Yep, the easiest way is through your inaccesible web-based admin page but equally you can go into the configuration file and change the value there.
You are looking for a file called firefly.conf and within that your settings are stored. (Sorry, not sure where Windows stores that but a search should turn it up quickly) Scroll down til you see the section on the Debug level and you’ll see the value which is probably set at 1 currently. Just change that to 5 (for a goodly amount of logfile) or 9 for the whole shabang. Save that file, quit & restart firefly and you should now see the log splurging out a ream of stuff. Post that output and we can see what’s going on.
(Whilst you’re in the config file, I’d suggest looking at what your admin password is for accessing the web-admin. By default it should be mt-daapd but you may want to change it to something easier. When you try to log in to the webpage you shouldn’t need a username, just that password.)
Life is never easy! I searched for file name firefly.conf and come up with nought. I found firefly programme folder loked in there and foumd a file called config. This has heaps of stuff incuding the following which looked promising
Debug Level
Possible values are 0 to 9, 9 being the most detailed debug level.
select
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0
1
2
3
4
5
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7BUT I am not sure how to reset the debug level. I tried to overwrite the ‘0’ with a 5 but it wont let me do that. have I got the right file? If so how do i rest the debug level.
I am really grateful for your help- I cant seem to access any help from the folk who make Firefly so its good that theres people like you around.
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