Hi .

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 and every time i try to run Amaraok 2.3.0 , splash screen shows up but nothing happens thereafter, I had to kill the process every time. What I have to do in order to get it work in my system. does it require any dependencies to run on ubuntu?

edit : Kdelib and Kdebase-runtime have already been installed.

Are you really using 2.3.1 or is this the default 2.3.0?

Please try with a new user, if that works, just remove the amarok* files in $HOME/.kde/share/config/, that should fix the problem.

I am having the same problem. I have ubuntu 10.04, and installed Amarok 2.2. When I try to run it, the splash screen shows up and then nothing. I am very new to linux (like, 3 days new), so I apologize in advance if I ask anything stupid. What do you mean by "try with a new user"?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you!

Try with a new user means:

Create a new user account. This is done in a variety of ways dependent on the distribution. I would recommend searching your distributor (in this case Ubuntu's) forum for information on that.

Then login as the new user, and attempt to reproduce your issue there.

calico_cat wrote:I am having the same problem. I have ubuntu 10.04, and installed Amarok 2.2. When I try to run it, the splash screen shows up and then nothing. I am very new to linux (like, 3 days new), so I apologize in advance if I ask anything stupid. What do you mean by "try with a new user"?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you!

If you are using 2.3.0, there are some missing MySQL dependencies. Try

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sudo apt-get build-dep amarok

and see if that solves your problem.

Valorie

I tried

sudo apt-get build-dep amarok

and I also logged in as a different user. Neither made any difference. When the program freezes, the thing that is written at the bottom of the screen is

KDE Wallet Service

Any other suggestions?

C

I suggest you upgrade to Amarok 2.3.1, the Wallet is kind of a problem when you are not using KDE. There have been several fixes for that, I just don't remember if it is in the 2.3.1 version or the 2.3.1.90 one, both are available in the Kubuntu backports PPA (beta PPA for 2.3.1.90):
http://kubuntu.org/news/amarok-2.3.1
http://kubuntu.org/news/amarok-2.3.2-beta

Mamarok wrote:Are you really using 2.3.1 or is this the default 2.3.0?

Please try with a new user, if that works, just remove the amarok* files in $HOME/.kde/share/config/, that should fix the problem.

My bad madam. It is 2.3.0

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Version 2.3.0
Using KDE 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2)


Anyway I reinstalled and It starts all right now. but it gives no sound when i play songs. There is nothing wrong with my audio device .

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description: Audio device
             product: N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1b
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
             version: 01
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
             resources: irq:44 memory:52100000-52103fff


Do you have the codecs installed for the Phonon xine backend?. On Ubuntu, the package is libxine1-ffmpeg. The mp3 codecs can't be shipped for legal reasons, it is up to the users to install those. Also your distribution should suggest to install the codecs automatically, no idea why this is not done.

To submit bug reports for KDE applications, you need to have Dr. Konqi installed. You can also submit a report directly at http://bugs.kde.org

When Amarok launches in Ubuntu the KDE wallet also launches behind the splash screen.

http://www.brighthub.com/hubfolio/matthew-casperson/articles/73177.aspx
This article explains the issue as it's solution. Hope that helps for those who are going nuts and installing extra **** that isn't helping.

Viper941 wrote:When Amarok launches in Ubuntu the KDE wallet also launches behind the splash screen.

http://www.brighthub.com/hubfolio/matthew-casperson/articles/73177.aspx
This article explains the issue as it's solution. Hope that helps for those who are going nuts and installing extra **** that isn't helping.

Thanks a lot bro.

Valorie's solution worked like a charm for me.

sudo apt-get build-dep amarok

I was amazed at how long it took though because it must have reloaded everything. Then it asked for an SQL password, and voila, works great.

Does this code snippet work on other packages as well?

ron o wrote:Valorie's solution worked like a charm for me.

sudo apt-get build-dep amarok

I was amazed at how long it took though because it must have reloaded everything. Then it asked for an SQL password, and voila, works great.

Does this code snippet work on other packages as well?

For OpenSuSE users this would be

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sudo zypper si -d amarok

I'm not sure about RPM-based distros.