mpd is set to run at start according to the control panel but doesn't.

I can't run it as user but it will start as root. When it's running I can then use ncmpc else it bombs.

Any idea how to get mpd running at root?

I get this error message on boot:

Sat Apr 25 20:13:41 2009: * Starting Music Player Daemon mpd ^[[128G ^[[31m*^[[39;49m Not starting MPD: disabled by /etc/default/mpd.

Seems the system is denying mpd to run. Any ideas?

Change this line in /etc/default/mpd

START_MPD=false

to

START_MPD=true

You will need to reboot for it to start or do this as root in a terminal

#/etc/init.d/mpd restart

Lovely stuff, thanks