Not starting on CentOS 6.6 - File contains no section headers

[ronilaukkarinen]

Hi,

I get the following on CentOS:

(plex-lastfm-scrobber)[21:09:52] [58.0°C] rolle ~ $ plex-scrobble.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/rolle/.virtualenvs/plex-lastfm-scrobber/bin/plex-scrobble.py", line 100, in <module>
    config.read(options.config_file)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 286, in read
    self._read(fp, filename)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 482, in _read
    raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line)
ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
file: /home/rolle/.config/plex-lastfm-scrobbler/plex_scrobble.conf, line: 4
"mediaserver_url = 'http://192.168.2.100:32400'\n"

I can access to my Plex web through http://192.168.2.100:32400/web so I guess that part of the config is okay? Also, the setup didn't create ~/.config/plex-lastfm-scrobbler/plex_scrobble.conf automatically, I had to create it manually (used nano). Running as user, not as root.

What gives?

[jesseward]

@ronilaukkarinen thanks for reporting. Looks like this may be a formatting issue within the configuration file. Please paste a copy of /home/rolle/.config/plex-lastfm-scrobbler/plex_scrobble.conf at http://pastebin.com/ and pass along the URL.

[ronilaukkarinen]

@jesseward Here you go: http://pastebin.com/4ipHJGMT

[jesseward]

hi @ronilaukkarinen , try using the following. Note that your version was missing the header [plex-scrobble] which is required.

[plex-scrobble]
# REQUIRED: mediaserver_url is the location of the http service exposed by Plex Media Server
# the default values should be 'ok', assuming you're running the plex scrobble
# script from the same server as your plex media server
mediaserver_url = http://192.168.2.100:32400

# REQUIRED: Where do you wish to write the plex-scrobble log file.
log_file = /tmp/plex_scrobble.log

# REQUIRED: a python data struture that stores failed scrobbles. plex-scrobble
# will retry on a 60 minute interval, maximum of 10 attempts if last.fm is
# experiencing issues.
cache_location = /tmp/plex_scrobble.cache

# OPTIONAL: mediaserver_log_location references the log file location of the plex media server
# the default under /var/lib/... is the default install of plex media server on 
# a Linux system. You may wish to change this value to reference your OS install.
# https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200250417-Plex-Media-Server-Log-Files
#mediaserver_log_location = /path/to/plex/media/server/log

[jesseward]

@ronilaukkarinen i added some error handling to catch and cleanly exit when an improperly formatted configuration file is met. May want to checkout latest release (1.3.4 or master) and reinstall.

[ronilaukkarinen]

Thanks! after setting up and relaunching output should be empty? should the scrobbling be in real time or after listening? No songs scrobbled yet in my Last.fm profile.

You should add the header also to Configuration part of your readme.

[ronilaukkarinen]

Oh yeah, it works, just not in real time but that's okay. Resolved. :+1:

[jesseward]

Nice catch, thanks. Updated the README.md in https://github.com/jesseward/plex-lastfm-scrobbler/commit/e9149073560aa0e31e6b21f658048057a0cc1971