[Icecast] Icecast 2 on ubuntu 14 - service will not start using /etc/init.d

[Eduardo Martinez]

>From my original reply.
Open the /etc/default/icecast2 file as root in an editor. The last line
needs to be changed to

ENABLE=true
It still looks like it is set to
ENABLE=false

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 7:58 AM  <Nick at 4points.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Jeff,
>
> the /etc/icecast2 is owned by root and group root
>
> I am not sure what you mean about the absolute path to icecast.xml.  In
> which file?  the /etc/init.d/icecast2 file?
>
> This is what is there:
>
> # Defaults
> CONFIGFILE="/etc/icecast2/icecast.xml"
> CONFIGDEFAULTFILE="/etc/default/icecast2"
> USERID=icecast2
> GROUPID=icecast
> ENABLE="false"
>
> could it be that it says USERID and GROUPID are icecast2 and icecast
> respectively?
>
>
> On 2015-08-25 10:31, Jeff wrote:
> > greetings,
> >
> >
> > On 08/25/2015 10:26 AM, Nick at 4points.ca wrote:
> >> netstat -ntulp | grep icecast2
> >>
> >> returns nothing.
> >>
> >> remember that it starts using
> >>
> >>   icecast2 -c icecast.xml
> >>
> >> does start the broadcasting icecast server.
> >>
> > [..snipped..]
> >
> > try specifying an absolute path to icecast.xml. also check
> > owner/group/permissions.
> >
> > regards,
> > J
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