Bug 97839

Summary:	amarok not starting, only showing the splashscreen
Product:	[Applications] amarok	Reporter:	Gael Beaudoin <gaboo>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Amarok Bugs <amarok-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	1.2-beta3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Gael Beaudoin 2005-01-24 22:33:08 UTC

Version:           1.2beta3 (using KDE KDE 3.3.91)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc 3.3.5 
OS:                Linux

amarok does not start, I only the the splashscreen.
When started from a console : 

[amaroK] Connecting to /home/gabo/.kde/socket-gabo/amarok.loader_socket
[amaroK] Starting amarokapp..
[amaroK] If you want a backtrace, run gdb against amarokapp, not amarok!
[amaroK] Timed out trying to contact amarokapp

And then, I have a message box telling me that I should try running amarok from the command line.

I compiled amarok different times, with different settings (with or without arts, with or without mysql, gstreamer, xine, etc ...). I also tried old 1.1.1 version.

I also deleted every amarok config files I found.
Nothing.

What can I do know ? How can I help you finding the problem ?
Thanks !

Comment 1 Mark Kretschmann 2005-01-25 23:34:37 UTC

Sorry, you need to provide more information. Else we can't help you. Rebuild with --enable-debug=full and paste the debug output after running.

Comment 2 Gael Beaudoin 2005-01-26 21:12:41 UTC

I've just compiled again amarok, using the debug flag under gentoo. Nothing more to tell you : 

gabo@gabo /mnt $ amarok
[amaroK] Connecting to /home/gabo/.kde/socket-gabo/amarok.loader_socket
[amaroK] Starting amarokapp..
[amaroK] If you want a backtrace, run gdb against amarokapp, not amarok!

What can I do more ? Using gdb ?
One more info : I use kde 3.4beta.

Comment 3 Gael Beaudoin 2005-01-27 00:16:28 UTC

I found the problem : I had to emerge again xorg-x11. I remember I recently updated some libs which required the latest xorg-x11 6.8 release update.

For info, I had version 6.8.0-r3 installed and I upgraded to 6.8.0-r4. 
See here for the Changelog : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/x11-base/xorg-x11/ChangeLog

Thanks for your time.