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Amarok 1.4.7 Won't Load
(Monday, March 24, 2008)




    Amarok: [Loader] Starting amarokapp..
    Amarok: [Loader] Don't run gdb, valgrind, etc. against this binary! Use amarokapp.


You're seeing the standard Amarok start-up. But chances are you didn't stumble upon this because Amarok IS working...

Luckily enough for me, I got it to load. Here's some hints:

  1. Kill amarok process:

          pkill -9 amarok

  2. In your home directory remove a file called ".DCOPserver_$HOSTNAME__0"

          rm $HOME/.DCOPserver_$HOSTNAME__0

  3. In /var/tmp remove a file called kdecache-$USERNAME

          cd /var/tmp
          rm -r kdecache-$USERNAME


  4. Amarok should work!

  5. If needed, remove folder (or rename) $HOME/.kde/share/apps/amarok
  6. If needed, remove (purge) and reisntall amarok application with your package manager.

This didn't do it for me. Any other ideas? I've basically tried everything already.

(reinstalled, removed folders, and the above suggestions)

Thanks

No more help from me... Sorry :\