[Bug 501932] [NEW] mediatomb unable to create config file on start-up

[Ben James]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mediatomb

On a fresh install of mediatomb on Ubuntu 9.10 server (minimal install)
the daemon is unable to create the config.xml file (and hence doesn't
allow configuration via the web interface).

Manually attempting to start the daemon (sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb
start) shows a failure; the log file shows that the daemon appears not
to be able to generate the required config file:

2009-12-31 16:52:30    INFO: Loading configuration from: /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
2009-12-31 16:52:30   ERROR: read_text_file: could not open /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

This is _after_ I manually modified the directory ownership to
mediatomb:mediatomb:

sudo chown -r mediatomb:mediatomb /etc/mediatomb

In short, the instructions on the following wiki page don't work:

http://mediatomb.cc/dokuwiki/faq:faq#how_do_i_make_mediatomb_start_automatically

In addition, the install package is broken (this should work out-the-
box).

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 31 16:37:46 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
Package: mediatomb (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
SourcePackage: mediatomb
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic x86_64

** Affects: mediatomb (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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mediatomb unable to create config file on start-up
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