I'm having some trouble with managing my collection under Amarok: if I collapse a genre, it'll re-open itself seemingly randomly. Can I change this?

Can you tell us more, starting with your version of Amarok, and distro, and KDE version?

Right, sorry. Gentoo 2.6.35-r4, KDE 4.4.5, Amarok 2.3.1.90

USE flags:

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embedded ipod opengl player utils
-cdda -daap -debug -kdeenablefinal -lastfm -linguas_af -linguas_bg -linguas_ca -linguas_ca@valencia -linguas_cs -linguas_da -linguas_de -linguas_el -linguas_en_GB -linguas_es -linguas_et -linguas_fr -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_lt -linguas_lv -linguas_nb -linguas_nds -linguas_pa -linguas_pl -linguas_pt -linguas_pt_BR -linguas_ru -linguas_sk -linguas_sl -linguas_sr -linguas_sr@ijekavian -linguas_sr@ijekavianlatin -linguas_sr@latin -linguas_sv -linguas_th -linguas_tr -linguas_uk -linguas_zh_CN -linguas_zh_TW -mp3tunes -mtp -semantic-desktop


According to http://blogs.gentoo.org/jmbsvicetto/201 ... sql-status

"...since amarok-2.3.0.90, the embedded use flag was dropped from IUSE defaults, which means that unless you activate it explicitly, amarok won't use or support libmysqld (the mysql embedded server)"

Are you using mysqle? If so, I don't see that use flag in your list above.

valoriez wrote:According to http://blogs.gentoo.org/jmbsvicetto/201 ... sql-status

"...since amarok-2.3.0.90, the embedded use flag was dropped from IUSE defaults, which means that unless you activate it explicitly, amarok won't use or support libmysqld (the mysql embedded server)"

Are you using mysqle? If so, I don't see that use flag in your list above.

mysqle isn't listed as a possible USE flag (as you can see in the list I gave above), and enabling it does nothing to Amarok. However, embedded is recognized as a USE flag, and enabling it does have an effect on the package and allows me to uncheck the "use external database" box inside Amarok (which I can't do without the embedded flag enabled). I'm confused.

Toggling the mysqle flag on doesn't change anything:

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me@lappy486 ~ $ USE="mysqle" emerge -pvuDN amarok

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!

Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB


Turning off the embedded flag:

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me@lappy486 ~ $ USE="-embedded" emerge -pvuDN amarok

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] dev-db/mysql-5.0.90-r2  USE="community ssl -berkdb -big-tables -cluster -debug -embedded* -extraengine -latin1 -max-idx-128 -minimal -perl -profiling (-selinux) -static -test" 22,807 kB                                                                                                                                                               
[ebuild   R   ] media-sound/amarok-2.3.1.90  USE="ipod opengl player utils -cdda -daap -debug -embedded* (-kdeenablefinal) -lastfm -mp3tunes -mtp -semantic-desktop" LINGUAS="-af -bg -ca -ca@valencia -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -et -fr -it -ja -lt -lv -nb -nds -pa -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sk -sl -sr -sr@ijekavian -sr@ijekavianlatin -sr@latin -sv -th -tr -uk -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB                                                                                   

Total: 2 packages (2 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 22,807 kB


I only raised the issue because some gentoo users report database problems. The embedded db is default, and should be used unless there is a specific reason for using an external instance.

I rarely sort by genre, but did today to test out your report. Using genre/artist sorting, I can't confirm in GIT, in Kubuntu.

Valorie

valoriez wrote:I only raised the issue because some gentoo users report database problems. The embedded db is default, and should be used unless there is a specific reason for using an external instance.

I rarely sort by genre, but did today to test out your report. Using genre/artist sorting, I can't confirm in GIT, in Kubuntu.

Valorie

It's default? I had to manually enable the embedded db. It was annoying to find out, too.

What does that have to do with the original question?

Mamarok wrote:What does that have to do with the original question?

Good point; I'm just a little worried my Amarok was more messed up than I thought.