Ubuntu Newbie

[revolverfm]

I really want to make the move away from Microsft and on to Ubuntu - however getting Subsonic up and running is proving to be quite a challenge, and as much as I use Subsonic I would actually go back to MS rather than lose it - but I would much rather figure out what I'm doing wrong!

First, I was able to get Subsonic installed on the latest version of Ubuntu Desktop (12.04.2 LTS), and I successfully launched Subsonic at localhost://4040. That's when everything started going downhill.

The first step I had trouble with was finding my music folders. I keep my files on external drives, and while Ubuntu recognizes and browses these drives without issue, I can't get Subsonic to locate them at all in the settings field. I've tried every path configuration that I could think of, and nothing is working.

From what I have seen, the path should be /media/(dive name)/music folder/. But I have not been able to get any variation of that to work.

Lastly, more important after I get everything working - I tried to follow the instructions in the documentation to alter the permissions and run Subsonic as a non-root user, but while I can edit the file, I can't save it. Is this just a permissions thing that I am overlooking?

Greatly appreciate any/all help!

[enix]

Are you opening the config file as root? If you can't make changes I would bet not. Do you use a dm or console?

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[revolverfm]

I am opening it as root, from within the terminal window.

[enix]

When I'm in a console I type:
sudo nano /etc/default/subsonic

Enter my pass, make changes and save.

If you can't do that maybe something to do with groups?

Im not too sure really, amateur Linux user.

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[revolverfm]

Amateur is right. I'll give that way a try.

Anyone have an idea as to my question about the path to the external drive?

[enix]

Are they NAS?

Only thing I can offer is browse to where your main folder is say: /home/johndoe/media/music in a console. the command pwd will print the working directory. Copy that to the settings spot in the browser. And scan media.

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[revolverfm]

I'll give that a try. Thanks all - I appreciate the advice.