MediaTomb UI is disabled. Check your configuration.

[GonZo1323]

Every time I try and open MediaTomb I get this message. Can anyone please help?

[Gtank]

Using this site:
ubuntu10.10 MediaTomb UI is disabled. Check your configuration in french

and Google Translate

I came up with this fix.

You have to change the Media Tomb settings which are located in a config (xml) file.... so to do this you have to.
1. Open up a terminal session, it's in Applications > Accessories > Terminal

2. Type: sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

3. When the editor is opened change ui enabled and transcoding enabled settings to yes. (the effected lines should look like this)

<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">

<transcoding enabled="yes">

4. save your changes and close the editor


5. in the terminal window type: sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb restart

(this will restart the media tomb server in order for the changes you just did to to take effect.)

6. Sit back and enjoy your media streaming.

[shohnt]

Thanks Gtank for the help but when I open up the terminal and type in this command sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
it tells me sudo: gedit: command not found . How do I fix this! F.Y.I I'm running kubuntu 10.10 if that makes any difference.

[matt_symes]

Hi

Thanks Gtank for the help but when I open up the terminal and type in this command sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml
it tells me sudo: gedit: command not found . How do I fix this! F.Y.I I'm running kubuntu 10.10 if that makes any difference.

gedit should be located in /usr/bin/gedit

so you can type

gksudo /usr/bin/gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

However it's installed in Gnome and not in Kubuntu. If you really want it

sudo apt-get install gedit

However why not use Kate in Kubuntu?

sudo kate /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

Also you can use nano from the terminal

sudo nano /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

Kind regards

[shohnt]

Thanks matt_symes! I used the kate method and it worked perfectly. Now I'm enjoying streaming my HD videos on my WD Live TV.

[Wacky Dan]

Thanks Gtank, just what I needed.

[nigel23]

Using this site:
ubuntu10.10 MediaTomb UI is disabled. Check your configuration in french

and Google Translate

I came up with this fix.

You have to change the Media Tomb settings which are located in a config (xml) file.... so to do this you have to.
1. Open up a terminal session, it's in Applications > Accessories > Terminal

2. Type: sudo gedit /etc/mediatomb/config.xml

3. When the editor is opened change ui enabled and transcoding enabled settings to yes. (the effected lines should look like this)

<ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">

<transcoding enabled="yes">

4. save your changes and close the editor


5. in the terminal window type: sudo /etc/init.d/mediatomb restart

(this will restart the media tomb server in order for the changes you just did to to take effect.)

6. Sit back and enjoy your media streaming.

I tried this but i keep getting: command not found
I tried kate also
I'm using Desktop 10.10. Any other options to enable?

[axept]

I tried this but i keep getting: command not found
I tried kate also
I'm using Desktop 10.10. Any other options to enable?

On my computer the config file is at /home/USER/.mediatomb

You can find where the config file is with this command in terminal:

mediatomb --cfgdir

I got that msg even if the UI was enable. I forgot to start the MediaTomb server from terminal. It doesn't start from the menu.

Go to terminal and write

mediatomb

Then you can start MediaTomb from the menu. (Applications -> Sound & Video)

[nigel23]

i dont understand. i did what u said and mine is in /home/... but what do i do then?

[axept]

i dont understand. i did what u said and mine is in /home/... but what do i do then?

Then you can

sudo gedit /home/.mediatomb/config.xml

If the config-file is called config.xml, and in that file you see this:

<server>
      <ui enabled="yes" show-tooltips="yes">

Allmost at the beginning of the file, line 8.
Make sure "ui enabled" is "yes", if so save and exit.

Then go to terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal).

When you're in a terminal, do this:

mediatomb

When this is done, go to "Application -> Sound & Video -> MediaTomb", now you should have a working MediaTomb.

You can read more about MediaToomb her: http://mediatomb.cc/