I just updated my kubuntu install to 9.10, but unfortunately amarok doesn't want to start . When i try lo launch the program firstly one window appears saying that it is updating system configuration, but the progress bar is starting over and over. If i press cancel this window appears



traslation of the italian part
"Amarok is not able to find any collection plugin. It's possible that amarok has been installed with a wrong prefix, correct installation using :"


Thanks for any future reply

Hi !

try to reinstall "amarok", "amarok-common" and "amarok-utils"

Just start amarok again. The message might go away. Also try (as your user, not root):

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$ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental

I tryed both suggestions(i tryed also to purge all amarok packages) but no soution yet. When i run the command

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    $ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental

i got this

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lain@LainIwakura:~$ kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental
kbuildsycoca4 running...
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lppeople.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"."
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lppeople.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"."
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lpblueprint.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"."
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/lpblueprint.desktop, line 6: " "Invalid escape sequence "\{"."
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/applications/wine-browsedrive.desktop, line 2: " "Invalid escape sequence "\ "."
"KConfigIni: In file /usr/share/applications/wine-browsedrive.desktop, line 8: " "Invalid escape sequence "\ "."
KCrash: Application 'kbuildsycoca4' crashing...
sock_file=/home/lain/.kde/socket-LainIwakura/kdeinit4__0

[1]+  Fermato                 kbuildsycoca4 --noincremental
lain@LainIwakura:~$




If kbuildsycoca4 crashes, you are in a big trouble with KDE as a whole. Try to get rid of the files it reports.

is this operation safe? I don't want to risk too much ...

Anarkist wrote:is this operation safe? I don't want to risk too much ...

No, not if you remove without knowing what is wrong.
Apparently you seem to use wine, which is the last kbuild-message before the crash. This could be the culprit.
Else I strongly suggest you reinstall amarok and some core KDE packages. Try the following:

in a konsole, copy the following (all in one line):

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sudo apt-get install --reinstall kdelibs5 kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-data amarok amarok-common amarok-utils amarok-dbg


tryed but not working yet

anyway thanks for your help

You still get that message about kbuildsycoca4? Then something is wrong in your KDE installation, you should file a bug to Kubuntu.