[Icecast] icecast2 will not start from the /etc/init.d

[Nick D'Angelo]

Hello Again,

I updated the icecast.xml with the entry as you suggested and I still get
nothing displayed and the service will not start.



-----Original Message-----
From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On Behalf
Of Philipp Schafft
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 4:57 AM
To: Icecast streaming server user discussions
Subject: Re: [Icecast] icecast2 will not start from the /etc/init.d

Good (early[0]) morning,

On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 12:11 -0400, Nick D'Angelo wrote:
> Where do I set the <errorlog>-</errorlog>?
> 
> In the /etc/init.d/icecast file?

In your icecast.xml within the <logging> section.


[0] I should really be sleeping at this time of day...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icecast-bounces at xiph.org [mailto:icecast-bounces at xiph.org] On 
> Behalf Of Philipp Schafft
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 10:50 AM
> To: Icecast streaming server user discussions
> Subject: Re: [Icecast] icecast2 will not start from the /etc/init.d
> 
> reflum,
> 
> On Fri, 2015-07-31 at 10:38 -0400, Nick at 4points.ca wrote:
> > I can start it fine from the command line using  icecast -c 
> > icecast.xml
> 
> Does it report any problems when you try this?
> 
> 
> > we have ver 2.4.
> > 
> > When I try and start it using /etc/init.d/icecast2 start  it says [ 
> > ok ] Starting icecast2 (via systemctl): icecast2.service.
> > 
> > but it actually doesn't start.  nothing in the error logs, nothing 
> > in syslog.
> > 
> > Any ideas would be appreciated.
> 
> Maybe it can not write to the error log (e.g. because of a permission 
> problem).
> 
> Please check the permissions of the log files.
> 
> You can also try to set:
> <errorlog>-</errorlog>
> 
> This should let Icecast log to stderr.
> 
> --
> Philipp.
>  (Rah of PH2)
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