Okay. I got annoyed at Amarok 1.1 being a mite bit unstable from the Gentoo ebuild, so I grabbed the CVS and compiled it with noamazon xine gstreamer arts as USE flags.

It compiled perfectly, and I ran it...the amarok 1.1 logo showed up, and then vanished. I, confused, run it from console, where it spits:

[code:1][amaroK loader] connecting to /home/rich/.kde/socket-eris/amarok.loader_socket
[amaroK loader] amaroK not running. Trying to start it..
amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] == 'void-engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok:
amarok: PluginManager Service Info:
amarok: ---------------------------
amarok: name :
amarok: library : libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok: desktopEntryPath : amarok_void-engine_plugin.desktop
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype : engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-name : void-engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-authors : (Max Howell,Mark Kretschmann)
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-rank : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-version : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version: 3
amarok:
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT COUNT( url ) FROM tags LIMIT 0, 1;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE tags;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: album
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE album;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: artist
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE artist;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: genre
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE genre;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: year
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE year;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: images
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE images;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: table directories already exists
amarok: ERROR: on query: CREATE TABLE directories (dir VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE,changedate INTEGER );
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] sqlite_step error.
amarok: ERROR: database schema has changed
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT DISTINCT artist.name, tags.sampler FROM tags, artist WHERE artist.id=tags.artist ORDER BY lower(artist.name) DESC;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT COUNT( url ) FROM tags LIMIT 0, 1;
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] == '' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: WARNING: [static amaroK::«»Plugin* PluginManager::createFromQuery(const QString&«»)] No matching plugin found.
amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] != '' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_gstengine_plugin
amarok:
amarok: PluginManager Service Info:
amarok: ---------------------------
amarok: name : GStreamer Engine
amarok: library : libamarok_gstengine_plugin
amarok: desktopEntryPath : amarok_gstengine_plugin.desktop
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype : engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-name : gst-engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-authors : (Mark Kretschmann)
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-rank : 255
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-version : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version: 3
amarok:
amarok: [PluginManager] Unloading library: libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT tags.title, tags.url, round( statistics.percentage + 0.5 ), artist.name, album.name FROM tags, artist, album, statistics WHERE artist.id = tags.artist AND album.id = tags.album AND statistics.url = tags.url ORDER BY statistics.percentage DESC LIMIT 0,10;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT tags.title, tags.url, artist.name, album.name FROM tags, artist, album WHERE artist.id = tags.artist AND album.id = tags.album ORDER BY tags.createdate DESC LIMIT 0,10;
[amaroK loader] startup successful.
[amaroK loader] exiting.[/code:1]

Rather unfortunate, wouldn't you agree?

PS: amarokapp from console spews forth the following:
[code:1]amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] == 'void-engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok:
amarok: PluginManager Service Info:
amarok: ---------------------------
amarok: name :
amarok: library : libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok: desktopEntryPath : amarok_void-engine_plugin.desktop
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype : engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-name : void-engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-authors : (Max Howell,Mark Kretschmann)
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-rank : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-version : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version: 3
amarok:
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT COUNT( url ) FROM tags LIMIT 0, 1;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE tags;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: album
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE album;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: artist
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE artist;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: genre
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE genre;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: year
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE year;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: images
amarok: ERROR: on query: DROP TABLE images;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: table directories already exists
amarok: ERROR: on query: CREATE TABLE directories (dir VARCHAR(100) UNIQUE,changedate INTEGER );
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] sqlite_step error.
amarok: ERROR: database schema has changed
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT DISTINCT artist.name, tags.sampler FROM tags, artist WHERE artist.id=tags.artist ORDER BY lower(artist.name) DESC;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT COUNT( url ) FROM tags LIMIT 0, 1;
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
QColor::setRgb: RGB parameter(s) out of range
amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] == '' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: WARNING: [static amaroK::«»Plugin* PluginManager::createFromQuery(const QString&«»)] No matching plugin found.
amarok: [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version] == 3 and [X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-amaroK-name] != '' and [X-KDE-amaroK-rank] > 0
amarok: [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_gstengine_plugin
amarok:
amarok: PluginManager Service Info:
amarok: ---------------------------
amarok: name : GStreamer Engine
amarok: library : libamarok_gstengine_plugin
amarok: desktopEntryPath : amarok_gstengine_plugin.desktop
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-plugintype : engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-name : gst-engine
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-authors : (Mark Kretschmann)
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-rank : 255
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-version : 1
amarok: X-KDE-amaroK-framework-version: 3
amarok:
amarok: [PluginManager] Unloading library: libamarok_void-engine_plugin
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT tags.title, tags.url, round( statistics.percentage + 0.5 ), artist.name, album.name FROM tags, artist, album, statistics WHERE artist.id = tags.artist AND album.id = tags.album AND statistics.url = tags.url ORDER BY statistics.percentage DESC LIMIT 0,10;
amarok: ERROR: [bool CollectionDB::execSql(const QString&, QStringList*, QStringList*, bool)] [CollectionDB] sqlite3_compile error:
amarok: ERROR: no such table: tags
amarok: ERROR: on query: SELECT tags.title, tags.url, artist.name, album.name FROM tags, artist, album WHERE artist.id = tags.artist AND album.id = tags.album ORDER BY tags.createdate DESC LIMIT 0,10;
Segmentation fault[/code:1]

How unfortunate.

Also: I know this has been posted about recently on the board, but I read it, and the problems were either A) resolved by syncing from CVS or B) resolved by not using GCC 3.4, neither of which apply here, as I got the latest CVS when I emerged, and I use GCC 3.3.4.

PMT wrote:

Also: I know this has been posted about recently on the board, but I read it, and the problems were either A) resolved by syncing from CVS or B) resolved by not using GCC 3.4, neither of which apply here, as I got the latest CVS when I emerged, and I use GCC 3.3.4.

i dont think anyone said gcc is the problem
solution: delete your collection.db ($HOME/.kde/share/apps/amarok/), for some reason the update process didnt work correctly for you.

regards,
muesli

This didn't work for me...

Similar problem here. Amarok seems to start up, shows the splash screen, then crashes. Note I'm not using the cvs-ebuild, but checked out from CVS manually. I get the same behaviour on two different machines both runnning gentoo. I deleted $HOME/.kde/share/apps/amarok/, but it didn't help.

I get this error: Mutex destroy failure: Device or resource busy
ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 5586, errno = 0

Bah! Help!

this may or may not be a help. I was just compiling the latest cvs there the other day after upgrading my system and it crshed on loading. i was getting similar output to what you have above. deleteing .kde/apps/amarok doesnt work. but try deleteing home/.kde/share/config/amarokrc
that fixed it for me.

as posted here: http://amarok.kde.org/component/option,com_simpleboard/Itemid,26/func,view/catid,8/id,1816/#1816

i fixed it by compiling without arts support.

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