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I wanted to install a dlna server on my asus eeepc, and tried minidlna. My eeepc runs Wheezy, so I just had to run apt-get install to install minidlna on it. The first time I ran it, everything worked fine, but once I restarted the service, I could never access it from VLC (running in Squeeze) again.

My config file:

media_dir=V,/home/media/vid
media_dir=P,/home/media/pic
media_dir=A,/home/media/aud

db_dir=/home/user/.minidlna
log_dir=/var/log

network_interface=wlan0
port=8200

inotify=no

Thanks in advance for helping!

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Use netstat -ntpl from root account to check if minidlna is listening on port 8200. You can also check and post minidlna log file /var/log/minidlna.log – pbm Nov 28 '12 at 21:38
MiniDLNA wasn't listening on port 8200, and the minidlna log is empty. But, I noticed that the directory for the databases minidlna uses was set to the wrong user. chown -R user:user fixed it! Thanks! – evuez Nov 29 '12 at 17:12
add this as answer and accept it... – pbm Nov 29 '12 at 18:49

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Fixed it by changing the rights on the db directory and setting the right user:

chown -R user:user db_dir_path
chmod -R 755 db_dir_path
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