Version: (using KDE 4.2.4) Installed from: Mandriva RPMs When trying to start Amarok I get the following error: bash-3.2$ amarok <unknown program name>(26667)/: Communication problem with "amarok" , it probably crashed. Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)" " bash-3.2$ KCrash: Application 'amarok' crashing... sock_file=/home/matthias/.kde4/socket-localhost/kdeinit4__0 ------------------------ Application: Amarok (amarok), signal SIGSEGV [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0xb3d3d6d0 (LWP 26668))] Thread 2 (Thread 0xb22c4b90 (LWP 26670)): #0 0xffffe430 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb675ca45 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #2 0xb68abaa6 in pthread_mutex_lock () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 #3 0xb232859f in pa_mutex_lock () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #4 0xb2368bc0 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #5 0xb2355bf0 in pa_mainloop_poll () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #6 0xb2357375 in pa_mainloop_iterate () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #7 0xb2357454 in pa_mainloop_run () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #8 0xb236894e in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #9 0xb2329443 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #10 0xb675b315 in start_thread () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 #11 0xb689e25e in clone () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6 Thread 1 (Thread 0xb3d3d6d0 (LWP 26668)): [KCrash Handler] #6 0xb231dd67 in pa_shm_cleanup () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #7 0xb231df4d in pa_shm_create_rw () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #8 0xb23111ff in pa_mempool_new () from /usr/lib/libpulsecommon-0.9.15.so #9 0xb234a9dd in pa_context_new_with_proplist () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #10 0xb234aabb in pa_context_new () from /usr/lib/libpulse.so.0 #11 0xb23837ba in ?? () from /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpulse.so #12 0xb23a855a in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #13 0xb23ba246 in gst_ring_buffer_open_device () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #14 0xb23b163c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstaudio-0.10.so.0 #15 0xb2384466 in ?? () from /usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstpulse.so #16 0xb244702c in gst_element_change_state () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #17 0xb2449ff5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #18 0xb2446213 in gst_element_set_state () from /usr/lib/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0 #19 0xb24e97a5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #20 0xb24e9b6b in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #21 0xb24ea13c in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #22 0xb24eac0a in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #23 0xb24e8190 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #24 0xb24e83a6 in qt_plugin_instance () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_backend/phonon_gstreamer.so #25 0xb6a40924 in QPluginLoader::instance () from /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #26 0xb27342f4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so #27 0xb2735638 in ?? () from /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/phonon_platform/kde.so #28 0xb5c53b4c in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #29 0xb5c55873 in Phonon::Factory::backend () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #30 0xb5c50dea in Phonon::GlobalConfig::audioOutputDeviceListFor () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #31 0xb5c51303 in Phonon::GlobalConfig::audioOutputDeviceFor () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #32 0xb5c4cce2 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libphonon.so.4 #33 0xb7a9c208 in EngineController::initializePhonon () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #34 0xb7a9ce8f in EngineController::EngineController () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #35 0xb7a9cf26 in EngineController::instance () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #36 0xb7a9cf44 in The::engineController () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #37 0xb7aad5d7 in MainWindow::MainWindow () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #38 0xb7a8d2fe in App::continueInit () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #39 0xb7a8eab8 in App::App () from /usr/lib/libamaroklib.so.1 #40 0x0804c148 in _start () I'm using Mandriva 2009.1 with KDE 4.2.4
You are having the same problem as bug 195918. Thanks As a workaround you could try to uninstall Gstreamer and then switch to the xine phonon backend. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 195918 ***