Great player, works on my other machines, but my main one...

I did my research first and made sure to read the (k) ubuntu forums, although I am using Mepis 6.0.  I have been unable to get help from Technalign. 

When I launch I get this message:

Amarok cannot currently play mp3 files.

Of course I clicked the “Install mp3 support” link.  No workee.  I quit  amarok, Then I (through synaptic) “completely” removed Amarok and the amarok-xine file.  Then I reinstalled it.  Went through the setup process again, then the same message. 

I read http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/t ... 589.0.html and made sure the universe-multiverse repositories were checked. My repositories are
http://apt.mepis.org/6.0/ (mepis)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (breezy)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (dapper)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (dapper-security)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (dapper-upadates)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (dapper-backports)
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ (dapper) universe

I tried removing libxine and reinstalling.  No dice.

Tried to run the script from the /use/lib/amarok/install-mp3.  A box comes up and nothing happens.

I DID get the message http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists ... elease.gpg: Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'.  That fixed itself overnight.

I went to the readme first page and did sudo apt-get install libmad0 libxine-extracodecs, but all were newest and would not upgrade.

I also did
sudo su -c "echo \"deb dapper main universe\" >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
wget #(optional)
sudo apt-key add kczessi.gpg && rm kczessi.gpg #(optional)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libtunepimp2c2a libtunepimp2-dev
I also got this message when I added the amaroK repository:
http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-143/ ... ackages.gz: 404 Not Found  W: GPG error: http://kubuntu.org dapper Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A506E6D4DD4D5088

I made sure to add the wget for the pgp key....

I'm out of ideas....help?

Also, amarok and amarok-xine were updates I did after I did everything in the list, to no avail...
Also, xmms plays mp3s fine, if I didn't mention...

I guess you are using the xine engine.
Is xine playing mp3s?
Is there any output that can give a hint if you start amarok in a console?

Thank you so much for responding, Marcel.  My initial post might make me look a bit more technically inclined than I really am. I'm a simple ex-Winders user.  I also looked on the forums and did not find instructions for what I am about to ask (I try to figure it out first before asking).

How do I start xine independently from amaroK? 
How do I start amaroK from (K)onsole?

Again, sorry for my inexperience.

just type 'amarok' into Konsole and press enter.

There is a program called 'xine-ui' that you could use to test Xine. Its pretty likely that it just won't work either.

As a "winders" user you have a very confusing setup. I would suggest picking MEPIS or Kubuntu and sticking with it.

Okay, I started amaroK from Konsole and got the following,
Also, I really AM confused now, because I AM using Mepis 6.0!
I downloaded xine-ui and started xine.  I had to change the user experience level to see what codecs were in use.
Under the codecs tab the paths are /usr/lib/win32 and usr/lib/codecs, although there is no usr/lib/codecs folder.
I then checked synaptic to see if liblame0 was installed and found it was under the usr/lib folder (there are two links there and libmp3lame0.0.0)
also, xine did not play the file, no suitable demuxer...

Amarok: [Loader] Starting amarokapp..
Amarok: [Loader] Don't run gdb, valgrind, etc. against this binary! Use amarokapp.
amarok: BEGIN: App::App()
amarok: BEGIN: void App::fixHyperThreading()
amarok:    Workaround not enabled
amarok: END__: void App::fixHyperThreading() - Took 0.0009s
amarok: END__: App::App() - Took 0.017s
amarok: BEGIN: void App::continueInit()
amarok: BEGIN: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine(const QString&)
amarok:    [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 and [X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-name] != 'void-engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-rank] > 0
amarok:    [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 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: 27
amarok:
amarok: END__: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine(const QString&) - Took 0.26s
amarok: BEGIN: CollectionDB::CollectionDB()
amarok: BEGIN: void CollectionDB::initialize()
amarok:      [ThreadWeaver] Creating pthread key, exit value is 0
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.035s
amarok: END__: void CollectionDB::initialize() - Took 1.4s
amarok:    [CollectionDB] INotify not available, using QTimer!
amarok: END__: CollectionDB::CollectionDB() - Took 2.1s
amarok: BEGIN: void CollectionDB::checkDatabase()
amarok:    [CollectionDB] INotify not available, using QTimer!
amarok: END__: void CollectionDB::checkDatabase() - Took 2.4s
amarok: BEGIN: MediaDeviceManager::MediaDeviceManager()
amarok: BEGIN: DeviceManager::DeviceManager()
amarok: BEGIN: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString)
amarok:        DeviceManager: getDevice called with name argument = init
amarok: BEGIN: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList()
amarok: END__: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList() - Took 0.00058s
amarok: END__: Medium* DeviceManager::getDevice(QString) - Took 0.0031s
amarok:      DeviceManager:  connectDCOPSignal returned successfully!
amarok: END__: DeviceManager::DeviceManager() - Took 0.0049s
amarok: BEGIN: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList()
amarok: END__: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList() - Took 0.00071s
amarok: BEGIN: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString)
amarok: END__: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString) - Took 0.00017s
amarok: BEGIN: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString)
amarok: END__: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString) - Took 0.00014s
amarok: BEGIN: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString)
amarok: END__: void MediaDeviceManager::slotMediumAdded(const Medium*, QString) - Took 0.00014s
amarok: END__: MediaDeviceManager::MediaDeviceManager() - Took 0.0074s
amarok: BEGIN: void PlaylistWindow::init()
QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a layout
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::init()
amarok:      [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 and [X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype] == 'device' and [X-KDE-Amarok-rank] > 0
amarok:      [MountPointManager] Received [3] device plugin offers
amarok:      [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_massstorage-device
amarok:
amarok:      PluginManager Service Info:
amarok:      ---------------------------
amarok:      name                          : Mass Storage Device
amarok:      library                      : libamarok_massstorage-device
amarok:      desktopEntryPath              : amarok_massstorage-device.desktop
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype      : device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-name            : massstorage-device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-authors          : (Maximilian Kossick)
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-rank            : 100
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-version          : 1
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version: 27
amarok:
amarok:      [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_smb-device
amarok:
amarok:      PluginManager Service Info:
amarok:      ---------------------------
amarok:      name                          : SMB Device
amarok:      library                      : libamarok_smb-device
amarok:      desktopEntryPath              : amarok_smb-device.desktop
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype      : device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-name            : smb-device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-authors          : (Maximilian Kossick)
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-rank            : 100
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-version          : 1
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version: 27
amarok:
amarok:      [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_nfs-device
amarok:
amarok:      PluginManager Service Info:
amarok:      ---------------------------
amarok:      name                          : NFS Device
amarok:      library                      : libamarok_nfs-device
amarok:      desktopEntryPath              : amarok_nfs-device.desktop
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype      : device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-name            : nfs-device
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-authors          : (Maximilian Kossick)
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-rank            : 100
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-version          : 1
amarok:      X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version: 27
amarok:
amarok: BEGIN: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList()
amarok: END__: QStringList DeviceManager::getDeviceStringList() - Took 0.00078s
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*)
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*) - Took 0.00014s
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*)
amarok:        [MountPointManager] found handler for /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_dd108c2b_71e5_4b9c_a669_e42a48bcc099
amarok:        [MassStorageDeviceHandler] Found existing UUID config for ID 1 , uuid /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_dd108c2b_71e5_4b9c_a669_e42a48bcc099
amarok:        [MountPointManager] added device 1 with mount point /home
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*) - Took 0.2s
amarok: BEGIN: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*)
amarok:        [MountPointManager] found handler for /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_df308df6_176e_4e5b_bbb0_af83b2e34634
amarok:        [MassStorageDeviceHandler] Found existing UUID config for ID 8 , uuid /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_df308df6_176e_4e5b_bbb0_af83b2e34634
amarok:        [MountPointManager] added device 8 with mount point /
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::mediumChanged(const Medium*) - Took 0.17s
amarok: END__: void MountPointManager::init() - Took 0.46s
amarok:    [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)]  sqlite3_compile error:
amarok:    [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such column: deviceid
amarok:    [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: SELECT COUNT(url) FROM statistics WHERE deviceid = -2;
amarok:    [Moodbar] Resetting moodbar:
QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to layout for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
amarok: BEGIN: Creating browsers. Please report long start times!
amarok: BEGIN: ContextBrowser
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.00059s
amarok: END__: ContextBrowser - Took 1.8s
amarok: BEGIN: CollectionBrowser
amarok:          [CollectionView::CollectionView(CollectionBrowser*)]
amarok:          current browser is not collection, aborting renderView()
amarok: END__: CollectionBrowser - Took 0.19s
amarok: BEGIN: PlaylistBrowser
amarok: BEGIN: PlaylistCategory* PlaylistBrowser::loadPodcasts()
amarok: END__: PlaylistCategory* PlaylistBrowser::loadPodcasts() - Took 0.11s
amarok: END__: PlaylistBrowser - Took 0.19s
amarok: BEGIN: FileBrowser
amarok: END__: FileBrowser - Took 0.29s
amarok:        [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 and [X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype] == 'mediadevice' and [X-KDE-Amarok-rank] > 0
amarok: BEGIN: MediaBrowser
amarok: END__: MediaBrowser - Took 0.026s
amarok: END__: Creating browsers. Please report long start times! - Took 3.5s
amarok: END__: void PlaylistWindow::init() - Took 4.7s
amarok: BEGIN: UrlLoader
amarok:      [KDE::ProgressBar::ProgressBar(QWidget*, QLabel*)]
amarok:      | Stamp: 1
amarok: BEGIN: void App::applySettings(bool)
amarok:        [Moodbar] Resetting moodbar:
amarok:        [Scrobbler] Performing immediate handshake
amarok:        [Scrobbler] Handshake url: http://post.audioscrobbler.com/?hs=true ... kunkarific
amarok: BEGIN: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine()
amarok: BEGIN: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine(const QString&)
amarok:            [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 and [X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-name] != 'xine-engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-rank] > 0
amarok:            [PluginManager] Plugin trader constraint: [X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version] == 27 and [X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype] == 'engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-name] == 'xine-engine' and [X-KDE-Amarok-rank] > 0
amarok:            [PluginManager] Trying to load: libamarok_xine-engine
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 0.047s
amarok:            [xine-engine] hello
amarok:
amarok:            PluginManager Service Info:
amarok:            ---------------------------
amarok:            name                          : xine Engine
amarok:            library                      : libamarok_xine-engine
amarok:            desktopEntryPath              : amarok_xine-engine.desktop
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-plugintype      : engine
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-name            : xine-engine
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-authors          : (Max Howell)
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-rank            : 255
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-version          : 1
amarok:            X-KDE-Amarok-framework-version: 27
amarok:
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool XineEngine::init()
amarok:              [xine-engine] 'Bringing joy to small mexican gerbils, a few weeks at a time.'
amarok:              [xine-engine] w00t/home/skunk/.kde/share/apps/amarok/xine-config
amarok:              [xine-engine] gapless playback enabled.
amarok: END__: virtual bool XineEngine::init() - Took 3.7s
amarok: END__: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine(const QString&) - Took 4s
amarok: END__: EngineBase* EngineController::loadEngine() - Took 4s
amarok:        current browser is not collection, aborting renderView()
amarok: END__: void App::applySettings(bool) - Took 5.2s
amarok:      | Stamp: 2
amarok: BEGIN: ScriptManager::ScriptManager(QWidget*, const char*)
amarok: END__: ScriptManager::ScriptManager(QWidget*, const char*) - Took 0.0028s
amarok:      | Stamp: 3
amarok:      [Moodbar] Resetting moodbar:
skunk@1[~]$ amarok:      [RefreshImages] http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml? ... all,Images
amarok: END__: void App::continueInit() - Took 16s
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void UrlLoader::completeJob()
amarok: END__: virtual void UrlLoader::completeJob() - Took 0.00037s
amarok:    [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: UrlLoader. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: END__: UrlLoader - Took 5.9s
amarok:  [virtual KDE::ProgressBar::~ProgressBar()]
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: BEGIN: virtual bool StatisticsUpdateJob::doJob()
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.0007s
amarok:      [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)]  sqlite3_compile error:
amarok:      [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such column: s.deviceid
amarok:      [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: SELECT s.deviceid,s.url FROM statistics AS s LEFT JOIN tags AS t ON s.deviceid = t.deviceid AND s.url = t.url WHERE t.url IS NULL AND s.deviceid != -2;
amarok:      [MountPointManager] Trying to update 0 statistics rows
amarok: END__: virtual bool StatisticsUpdateJob::doJob() - Took 0.63s
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 0.63s
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)]  sqlite3_compile error:
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such column: statistics.deviceid
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: SELECT album.name,album.id,Avg(COALESCE(NULLIF(statistics.percentage, 0), 50)) AS Avgstatisticspercentage,artist.id FROM tags LEFT JOIN album ON album.id=tags.album LEFT JOIN artist ON artist.id=tags.artist LEFT JOIN statistics ON statistics.url=tags.url AND statistics.deviceid = tags.deviceid  WHERE 1 AND ( 1 AND album.name <> 'Unknown' AND album.name <> ''  ) AND tags.sampler = 0  AND tags.deviceid IN (1,8,-1) GROUP BY album.id,artist.id,album.name HAVING Count(album.id)>3 AND Avg(statistics.percentage)>0 ORDER BY Avgstatisticspercentage DESC  LIMIT 5 OFFSET 0 ;
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 9.7s
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: playlist2html.py
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: PlaylistServer.py
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: Default
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: Lyrc
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: Impulsive
amarok: [ScriptManager] Loaded: Web Control
amarok: [ScriptManager] Auto-running script: Default
amarok: [ScriptManager] Running script: /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/score_default/score_default.rb
amarok: [ScriptManager] Auto-running script: Lyrc
amarok: [ScriptManager] Running script: /usr/share/apps/amarok/scripts/lyrics_lyrc/lyrics_lyrc.rb
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: StatisticsUpdateJob. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: CurrentTrackJob. Jobs pending: 1
amarok: BEGIN: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run()
amarok: BEGIN: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*)
amarok: END__: SqliteConnection::SqliteConnection(const SqliteConfig*) - Took 0.00047s
amarok:  [RefreshImages] http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B ... 13396_.jpg
amarok:  [Scrobbler] Handshake result parsed: challenge=b871443f49681876f30aa2e6acf33d38, submitUrl=http://87.117.229.205:80/protocol_1.1
amarok:  [Scrobbler] Nothing to schedule
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] [virtual QStringList SqliteConnection::query(const QString&)]  sqlite3_compile error:
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] no such column: statistics.deviceid
amarok:  [CollectionDB] [ERROR!] on query: SELECT album.name,album.id,Avg(COALESCE(NULLIF(statistics.percentage, 0), 50)) AS Avgstatisticspercentage,artist.id FROM tags LEFT JOIN album ON album.id=tags.album LEFT JOIN artist ON artist.id=tags.artist LEFT JOIN statistics ON statistics.url=tags.url AND statistics.deviceid = tags.deviceid  WHERE 1 AND ( 1 AND album.name <> 'Unknown' AND album.name <> ''  ) AND tags.sampler = 0  AND tags.deviceid IN (1,8,-1) GROUP BY album.id,artist.id,album.name HAVING Count(album.id)>3 AND Avg(statistics.percentage)>0 ORDER BY Avgstatisticspercentage DESC  LIMIT 5 OFFSET 0 ;
amarok:  [ThreadWeaver] Job completed: CurrentTrackJob. Jobs pending: 0
amarok: END__: virtual void ThreadWeaver::Thread::run() - Took 5.2s