I'm running amarok on Ubuntu 10.04.

For some reason, when I quit Amarok, the process stays around as "sleeping". I always have to shutdown Amarok completely through the process manager. If I don't do this, I cannot launch Amarok because the system assumes that it is already running (which it is, but asleep and unaccesable).

To shutdown Amarok correctly, just use Ctrl+Q when the window is active, or choose the Close option in the File menu. Closing the window only reduces it to the system tray. BTW, Ctrl+Q is valid for all KDE applications.

I know that. I've been using quit in the file menu.

I've the same problem recently (Amarok 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 10.04). Any suggestions?

klitters wrote:I've the same problem recently (Amarok 2.3.0 on Ubuntu 10.04). Any suggestions?

You might run Amarok from the console:

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amarok -d --nofork

You'll get quite a bit of output, and maybe will be able to see what's happening when you Control-Q quit.

Valorie

thanks for the hint, valorie.
there seems to be nothing unusual in the console output. no errors or warnings.
it stops after

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amarok: BEGIN: virtual Dynamic::BiasedPlaylist::~BiasedPlaylist()
amarok: END__: virtual Dynamic::BiasedPlaylist::~BiasedPlaylist() - Took 0.00013s

with amarok still 'running'.

I too am experiencing this issue, using Ubuntu 10.4, Amarok 2.3.0 and KDE 4.4.2

Despite using the menu option 'Amarok' and selecting quit, I am unable to completely shut down the program. I must kill it in the system monitor to end it completely.

I've searched the bug tracker, and I don't see this bug reported. To file a good bug, you will need to run Amarok from the console:

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amarok -d --nofork

Use http://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=amarok as a shortcut, and be sure to file out all the relevant info.

Thanks!

Valorie

Are we sure this is a problem? At first I thought I was experiencing something similar, but as it turns out, when you press the "x" (close) button on Amarok, it just minimizes it. CTRL+Q works for me.

had the same problem, I am able to quit successfully now (Ubuntu 10.04)

I noticed some errors regarding the database so I set up Amarok to use MySql database. this link http://digitizor.com/2010/05/27/how-to-use-mysql-database-in-amarok/ helped (since i don't know Mysql) but it has different commands than my version of Mysql.

If Mysql is not available, I heard that Amarok tries to use SQLite, but this seems to not work.

From Amarok 2 on, only MySql is used. No setup is required unless you need to use a remote database.

Valorie

KTorrent behaves the same way...

OK, let's resume that:
Did you really close Amarok With Ctrl+Q (or through the Menu -> File -> Quit) or did you just close the Amarok window with the mouse? In the first case Amarok should exit correctly, if not, please file a bug with valoriez's suggestions.
Else you just didn't close Amarok but reduced it to the SystemTray: is there still an Amarok icon visible there? CLick on it to restore the window and then exit Amarok as I explained above.

@Mircea: I don't understand why you talk about KTorrent? This thread is about Amarok.

Mamarok wrote:@Mircea: I don't understand why you talk about KTorrent? This thread is about Amarok.

I disagree. This thread should be about a misbehaving process that was present in 4.4.4 and it still sticks in 4.4.5 and affects many of the system's applications including Amarok...

mircea wrote:

Mamarok wrote:@Mircea: I don't understand why you talk about KTorrent? This thread is about Amarok.

I disagree. This thread should be about a misbehaving process that was present in 4.4.4 and it still sticks in 4.4.5 and affects many of the system's applications including Amarok...

Then please report this where it belongs. If it is system wide (which I very much doubt), it doesn't belong in an application forum anyway.