Networkaudiod fails to start on boot [Solved]

hammer · January 16, 2016, 4:56am

Continuing the discussion from Raspberry Pi as an HQP NAA:

HQP NAA - Raspberry Pi

However, for some reason the service does not start by itself on install or after boot. The only way to get it to run is to SSH in and manually start it after which it works perfectly.

This is usually because network is started with delay in background on Raspbian by default. You can “dpkg --purge dhcpcd” and use /etc/network/interfaces (see “man interfaces”) instead to get network started synchronously at boot time.

If network is not available while starting networkaudiod, it will eventually fail to start.

HQP NAA - Raspberry Pi

The service does not appear in /etc/init.d

This is the case with all systems relying on systemd instead of init (Debian since Jessie). There’s a systemd service file for networkaudiod. You can control networkaudiod service using “systemctl”. For example “systemctl start networkaudiod” will start the service.

hammer · January 16, 2016, 5:12am

Hi, would it be possible for someone to elaborate
a bit on how to get network to start synchronously at boot time so that
networkaudiod does not fail to start? I tried to read the man pages, but
couldn’t understand most of it.

Also, if I have multiple pi’s working as NAA’s is it possible to give
each one a different name so that I can identify which is which from
the HQPlayer NAA drop down box and select the specific NAA I want?

Thank you!

andybob · January 16, 2016, 6:31am

Hi Hammer,

Networkaudiod is a Linux daemon. I understand that once installed it will always be running in the background in the system. (Edit: Ah, I see the timing issue sorry. Best I leave this to those more Linux savvy).

You can name NAAs using the Network Naming feature in HQP under Tools. They will then appear under the assigned names in the Device drop down box.

Edit: Merged from the NAA topic

hammer · January 17, 2016, 1:52am

Hi, solved issue by adding “post-up systemctl start networkaudiod” in the interfaces file. I guess this waits until the network is up and then starts networkaudiod. Thought I’d pass it along in case others are having the same issue.

not sure if this is the most correct way to fix the problem, but it works! Wandboard Quad with a linear power supply sounds great!