Snakeoil 1.4.3 (High End U3)

[stereodave]

Without being able to chop and change between 1.4.0 & 1.4.3 I couldn't say that the later was obviously better, but it's good and I have no inclination to go back to 1.4.0.

[agent_kith]

Apologies. Have clarified in the first post on what people need to if they are yet to create the Snakeoil repository. Hopefully that will stop some confusion. Things should get better over the next few iterations..

[Snoopy8]

Checked MPD on Pi5 for Wiki writeup.  

• myMPD required a reboot before it could be used.  Is this normal?  
  
• M.A.L.P. works ok
  
• MpDroid no longer available on Google store
  
• MAFA not working Binding socket to network 275 failed: EPERM.   Using same 6600 port as M.A.L.P.  which works. @hkphantomgtr have not used it for a while. Is there something I need to change? Or something required in SnakeOil?
  

[hkphantomgtr]

Checked MPD on Pi5 for Wiki writeup.  

• myMPD required a reboot before it could be used.  Is this normal?  
  
• M.A.L.P. works ok
  
• MpDroid no longer available on Google store
  
• MAFA not working Binding socket to network 275 failed: EPERM.   Using same 6600 port as M.A.L.P.  which works. @hkphantomgtr have not used it for a while. Is there something I need to change? Or something required in SnakeOil?
  

Snoopy8, I didn't use it for 2 years, too.  Only recently I test the Pi5 then I installed mpd and MAFA again.  I only input the name in this box (no ".local" is needed) of below screen cap, then MAFA works as before.

[Snoopy8]

Snoopy8, I didn't use it for 2 years, too.  Only recently I test the Pi5 then I installed mpd and MAFA again.  I only input the name in this box (no ".local" is needed) of below screen cap, then MAFA works as before.

Thank you for the quick reply.

I tried using the host name instead of the IP address and MAFA came up with the same error. Also, tried it on my NUC. No success.

@agent_kith I suspect this is something to do with how SnakeOil networking is set up and MAFA cannot resolve the network address nor my hostname.  Why hostname works for @hkphantomgtr and not me?

Note that MAFA is the best Gui App for MPD by a long way, actively developed. MpDroid is not on Google Play, may be able to side load???, MALP no longer developed?

[agent_kith]

@agent_kith I suspect this is something to do with how SnakeOil networking is set up and MAFA cannot resolve the network address nor my hostname.  Why hostname works for @hkphantomgtr and not me?

It's a configurable option in your DNS server. If you specify a domain (e.g. domain.com), and you setup your DNS query to "autofill" then you can just enter the hostname. If that is left blank you have to specify the full domain for lookup to work properly.

I think 6600 may be used, so you may have to uninstall that MPD remote before you can use MAFA.

I will re-look into MPD control alternatives in the future. For now just need to finish off the existing tickets.

[Snoopy8]

It's a configurable option in your DNS server. If you specify a domain (e.g. domain.com), and you setup your DNS query to "autofill" then you can just enter the hostname. If that is left blank you have to specify the full domain for lookup to work properly.

I think 6600 may be used, so you may have to uninstall that MPD remote before you can use MAFA.

I will re-look into MPD control alternatives in the future. For now just need to finish off the existing tickets.

Still no go. I had a manual DNS setup (using NordVPN servers) and changed it to auto (but don't have a place to specify domain). I tried it on my NUC without myMPD installed but it did not work. I have to learn more about how DNS works etc.. Please create a ticket to remind yourself to investigate MPD clients. It is not urgent for me because I am using LMS/ Squeezelite.

[agent_kith]

Still no go. I had a manual DNS setup (using NordVPN servers) and changed it to auto (but don't have a place to specify domain). I tried it on my NUC without myMPD installed but it did not work. I have to learn more about how DNS works etc.. Please create a ticket to remind yourself to investigate MPD clients. It is not urgent for me because I am using LMS/ Squeezelite.

Yeah, things probably will not work if you use NordVPN DNS servers. What might work is if you setup your own DNS server (e.g. AdGuard) which then query NordVPN servers. 

BTW, Unifi gateways now allows you to route devices (or VLANs) via a VPN route while everything else can go out your ISP.  This is a real game changer.

Also, task created here. Currently in backlog though.

[hkphantomgtr]

I found I can't change the hostname thru this webui in Pi5.



I've tried the following commands but got no luck.  
 

Code:

bash
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname new-hostname

I've checked with these commands, it's changed, but after reboot, it's still the same.
 

Code:

bash
hostnamectl

Even I edited the configuration files can't fix it.
 

Code:

bash
sudo nano /etc/hostname

 

Code:

bash
sudo nano /etc/hosts

 

Code:

bash
sudo systemctl restart systemd-hostnamed

Would you please help?  Thanks a lot, AK.

[agent_kith]

I found I can't change the hostname thru this webui in Pi5.

This could be a bug in the WebApp.. Will check it later today or in the weekend to confirm.