Amarok will not start [solved]

[dude67 0]

Just today I was faced with this problem: I cannot start Amarok. Whenever I try to start it, it hangs with the flash graphics: Amarok - rediscover your music.

 

I cannot start it from K-menu nor from terminal. This is the info in terminal:

[dude67@localhost ~]$ amarok -v
Qt: 4.6.2
KDE Development Platform: 4.4.3 (KDE 4.4.3)
Amarok: 2.3.1
[dude67@localhost ~]$ amarok -d
Calling appendChild() on a null node does nothing.
Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
amarok(26812)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
amarok(26812)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
amarok(26812)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
QGraphicsLinearLayout::removeAt: invalid index 1
amarok(26812)/kdecore (KConfigSkeleton) KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig:
<unknown program name>(26811)/: Communication problem with  "amarok" , it probably crashed. 
Error message was:  "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." " 

[dude67@localhost ~]$ 

 

 

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[Greg2 5]

Have you recently upgraded to Mandriva 2010.1? Try removing all the amarok stuff in ~/.kde4 then try starting amarok again.

[dude67 0]

Excellent; thanks Greg! There was this:

~/.kde4/share/apps/amarok/

I renamed it and amarok started without a problem!

 

I knew I could trust you guys!

 

[Greg2 5]

You're welcome - I'm glad I could help.

 

I'll mark this as solved.

[dude67 0]

I tried to find a way to rename the subject to add the solved, but couldn't find a way to do so myself.

 

Thanks.

[spinynorman 0]

I tried to find a way to rename the subject to add the solved, but couldn't find a way to do so myself.

 

You edit the first post using the full messenger... :)

[demonseth17 0]

well I did the same...because I was having the same issue but after that, when I try to add my media it crashes.. :unsure:

any ideas?

 

here's the output

 

link XMLID_9_ hasn't been detected!

link XMLID_9_ hasn't been detected!

link XMLID_9_ hasn't been detected!

link XMLID_9_ hasn't been detected!

Could not resolve property : linearGradient5167

Could not resolve property : linearGradient3563

Could not resolve property : linearGradient3563-3

Could not resolve property : linearGradient3563-3

TagLib: ID3v2.4 no longer supports the frame type TDAT. It will be discarded from the tag.

TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.

TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.

TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.

TagLib: MPEG::Header::parse() -- Invalid sample rate.

Qt has caught an exception thrown from an event handler. Throwing

exceptions from an event handler is not supported in Qt. You must

reimplement QApplication::notify() and catch all exceptions there.

 

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'

what(): std::bad_alloc

KCrash: Application 'amarok' crashing...

sock_file=/home/rr/.kde4/socket-Roger's.localdomain/kdeinit4__0

 

 

 

 

Thanks in advance

Edited July 29, 2010 by demonseth17

[Greg2 5]

@ demonseth - Please post the output of

rpm -qa | egrep 'amarok|libtaglib'

[demonseth17 0]

# rpm -qa | egrep 'amarok|libtaglib'
amarok-utils-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
amarok-scripts-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
libamarokocsclient4-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
libtaglib1-1.6.2-1mdv2010.1
libamarokcore1-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
libamarok-sqlcollection1-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
amarok-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
libamarokpud1-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1
libamaroklib1-2.3.1-1mdv2010.1

 

I got it working but whenever I try to add a bunch of files to try to create a play list, it crashes, but if I do it selecting some of the mp3, adding it slowly, it doesn't crash at all... :unsure:

 

does it has something to do w/ this bug?

 

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227639

[Greg2 5]

You have the proper rpms installed, so you could try deleting your playlist located at:

 

/home/rr/.kde4/share/apps/amarok/current.xspf

 

Then open amarok and try creating a new list. If that doesn't work... I guess you will have to add them slowly. :)

[demonseth17 0]

 

Then open amarok and try creating a new list. If that doesn't work... I guess you will have to add them slowly. :)

 

 

well I think that's what I'll have to do because I already did that :mellow:, but thx anyway, if I just add those 1 time and save the play list I won't have to do it several times I think :huh: