[LBo] Amarok won't start

Tor Erling Opsahl tor.erling.opsahl at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 22:39:00 CEST 2006


I use a fully upgraded ubuntu dapper. and amarok 1.4.3 I believe, I don't
remember, but the newest in the ubuntu repository
the ps command gave me:
torerling at torerling-desktop:~$ ps -aux|grep amarok
Warning: bad ps syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See
http://procps.sf.net/faq.html
1000     30972  0.0  3.2  76396 16600 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     31076  0.0  2.2  76668 11604 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     30993  0.0  2.5  76664 13168 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     31362  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31557  0.0  0.9  13844  5120 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31582  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31615  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31619  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31627  0.0  1.0  13844  5284 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31664  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31700  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:01 amarok
1000     31702  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     31758  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:01 amarok
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/01%20Clouseau%20-%20Hier%20Bij%20Jou.m4a
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/03%20Ik%20wil%20vannacht%20bij%20je%20slapen.m=
p3
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/03-weird_al_yankovic-canadian_idiot.mp3
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/05-clouseau-ik%20denk%20aan%20jou.mp3
1000     31760  0.0  1.0  13844  5284 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/01%20Clouseau%20-%20Hier%20Bij%20Jou.m4a
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/03%20Ik%20wil%20vannacht%20bij%20je%20slapen.m=
p3
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/03-weird_al_yankovic-canadian_idiot.mp3
file:///media/hda6/frostwire/05-clouseau-ik%20denk%20aan%20jou.mp3 ]
1000     32152  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:01 amarok
1000     32154  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     32164  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:01 amarok
1000     32166  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     32523  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:01 amarok
1000     32525  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     14583  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     14585  0.0  1.0  13844  5284 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     16128  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     16130  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     16150  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     16152  0.0  1.0  13844  5284 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     16154  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     16156  0.0  1.0  13844  5284 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     18865  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     18867  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     18880  0.0  1.1  16512  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     18882  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     21649  0.0  1.1  16516  6032 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     21651  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     24997  0.0  1.1  16516  6028 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 amarok
1000     24999  0.0  1.0  13840  5280 ?        S    Sep27   0:00 dcop amarok
player transferCliArgs [  --cwd /home/torerling --toggle-playlist-window ]
1000     29550  0.0  0.1   2892   828 pts/1    R+   22:37   0:00 grep amarok
torerling at torerling-desktop:~$

and a strace give me this:
nanosleep({0, 100000}, NULL)            =3D 0
waitpid(26117, 0xbfd175d0, WNOHANG)     =3D 0
repeted about 40 times I think
On 9/28/06, Anita Lewis <a.lewis at linuxbasics.org> wrote:
>
> Tor Erling Opsahl wrote:
> > Hi, I've been having problems with Amarok lately, when I try to start it
> > from it's launcher it just makes the frame and disappares, when I try to
> > start it from the console I get nothing, just a new empty line and the
> > ready to write thing, but no new ~$ :S
> >
>
> What distro and version do you have?
>
> The fact that you aren't getting a new commandline prompt, indicates
> that maybe amarok is running in some way, I think.
>
> What do you get with ps -aux |grep amarok?  I'm assuming amarok is the
> command to run it.
>
> Anita
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