Why do I get 'Failed to read config, using default values' even with the default config?

[yorunohikari]

Hi, I'm very new to Linux and rmpc, and I'm having trouble with the config file.

Even when I use the exact default config.ron from the GitHub page, rmpc shows this message when I launch it:

Failed to read config, using default values. Check logs for more info.

But there's no log file at ~/.cache/rmpc/rmpc.log — it doesn’t seem to get created.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Do I need to install something else or set something up first?
Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!

[mierak]

The intent is to create your own config, even if you want to use the default one.

mkdir ~/.config/rmpc
rmpc config > ~/.config/rmpc/config.ron

this should silence the error. Do not copy the config from github page (you might have copied default config for git version while being on the release version maybe?). https://mierak.github.io/rmpc/release/configuration/#bootstrapping-a-config-file

But there's no log file at ~/.cache/rmpc/rmpc.log — it doesn’t seem to get created.

the log file is create at /tmp/rmpc.log

[yorunohikari]

Ohh got it. I tried that and it works now, no more config error and everything runs fine.

Thanks a lot for the quick help, and for making such a cool project!
Now I just gotta figure out how to get the lyrics to show up next.

[mierak]

Feel free to ask for more help if you cant figure it out, the docs are hopefully descriptive enough https://mierak.github.io/rmpc/release/configuration/lyrics/