I just compilled amarok 1.1 with GCC 3.4.2 (in 64-bits for AMD64). I have KDE 3.3. When I start it it tells me:

Please select a GStreamer output plugin in the engine settings dialog.

Then the config screen opens and GStreamer is selected. But when I click Apply or OK amarok just exits. The same happens if I select arts output.

Version 1.0.2 worked just fine.

What could be wrong?

I found this on dot.kde.org where someone also has this problem:

Yep, I would say I have the same problem here (and I use also amd64 gentoo? )

It's a problem with the gstreamer method (gst_emelent_link many) as far as I can tell you (placing kdDebug code before and after that method in createPipeline()).

The funny thing is, if you start amarok for the first time, it wants you to select a gstreamer output plugin. So if one chooses for example arts or xine or whatever instead (we don't want to use gstreamer because it crashes/exits), it will call after applying the changes also the gst_element_link_many method and exits:) Although I exepcted it to switch the engine without calling gst_element_link_many again.

One possible solution:
If you disable gstreamer for amarok (-gstreamer) during compilation, it works here with arts...

I'll try today compilling wthout gstreamer support.

I just tried to compile without gstreamer and now I get this error:

g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o collectionbrowser.o `test -f 'collectionbrowser.cpp' || echo './'`collectionbrowser.cpp
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o collectiondb.o `test -f 'collectiondb.cpp' || echo './'`collectiondb.cpp
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o configdialog.o `test -f 'configdialog.cpp' || echo './'`configdialog.cpp
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o contextbrowser.o `test -f 'contextbrowser.cpp' || echo './'`contextbrowser.cpp
collectiondb.cpp:1342: warning: unused parameter 'parent'
collectiondb.cpp:1342: warning: unused parameter 'artist'
collectiondb.cpp:1342: warning: unused parameter 'album'
collectiondb.cpp:1342: warning: unused parameter 'noedit'
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o coverfetcher.o `test -f 'coverfetcher.cpp' || echo './'`coverfetcher.cpp
g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/amarokcore -I../../amarok/src/analyzers -I../../amarok/src/engine -I../../amarok/src/plugin -I/usr/kde/3.3/include/arts -I/usr/include/taglib -I../../amarok/src/sqlite -I/usr/kde/3.3/include -I/usr/qt/3/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -DQT_THREAD_SUPPORT -D_REENTRANT -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Wno-long-long -Wundef -ansi -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D_BSD_SOURCE -Wcast-align -Wconversion -Wchar-subscripts -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -DNDEBUG -DNO_DEBUG -O2 -march=athlon64 -pipe -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -frename-registers -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -fno-exceptions -fno-check-new -fno-common -DQT_CLEAN_NAMESPACE -DQT_NO_ASCII_CAST -DQT_NO_STL -DQT_NO_COMPAT -DQT_NO_TRANSLATION -c -o covermanager.o `test -f 'covermanager.cpp' || echo './'`covermanager.cpp
covermanager.cpp: In member function `void CoverManager::showCoverMenu(QIconViewItem*, const QPoint&)':
covermanager.cpp:379: error: `FETCH' undeclared (first use this function)
covermanager.cpp:379: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in.)
make[4]: *** [covermanager.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.1/work/amarok-1.1/amarok/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.1/work/amarok-1.1/amarok/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.1/work/amarok-1.1/amarok'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.1/work/amarok-1.1'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Bug in the gentoo package, caused by incapable packager.