Banshee will not start

[JIm]

Binary package hint: banshee

Ubuntu Version 11.04
Banshee Version 2.0.0-2Ubuntu.1
From the GUI if an attempt to run is made nothing at all happens (no crash or Banshee displayed), but it you run in the terminal you get the following :-

 at Mono.Addins.Serialization.BinaryXmlReader.Skip () <0x00068>
  at Mono.Addins.Serialization.BinaryXmlReader.Skip () <0x00068>
  at Mono.Addins.Serialization.BinaryXmlReader.Skip () <0x00068>
  at Mono.Addins.Serialization.BinaryXmlReader.Skip () <0x00068>

this just loops until you hit ctl+c to stop the execution any idea on how to fix this error ?

[Mondane (mondane-woodworker)]

I have the same thing as in "banshee will not start". Running it from terminal gives me this:

[Info 21:12:48.798] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [Ubuntu 11.04 (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-05-07 15:17:23 UTC]
[Info 21:12:49.924] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info 21:12:49.989] All services are started 0,972886

Note: it says banshee 2.0.1, but I only installed that version to see if my probleem was fixed. I also have it with 2.0.0.

The weird thing is though, Banshee did run after I upgraded to Natty (from 10.10) and it still does run as sudo (output from sudo terminal is attached).

This made me think I have a corrupt config so I removed (backupped) ~/config/banshee-1 but Banshee still doesn't load. The same three lines as given before are in my terminal.

One thing I must note is that I'm running kernel 2.6.39-rc5 with AMD/Ati Catalyst 8.841 (needed to support my RC receiver).

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

UPDATE
from the terminal if you run the command Sudo banshee -debug banshee runs fine so it would appear I have a permissions problem

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

forgot the output
jim@jim-Vostro-1701:~$ sudo banshee
[sudo] password for jim:
[Info 16:40:59.641] Running Banshee 2.0.0: [Ubuntu Natty (development branch) (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2011-04-18 16:21:33 UTC]
[Warn 16:41:00.231] DBus support could not be started. Disabling for this session.
[Warn 16:41:01.760] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 16:41:01.760] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Warn 16:41:01.814] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null.
Parameter name: address (in `NDesk.DBus')
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 16:41:01.814] Extension `Banshee.SoundMenu.SoundMenuService' not started: Unable to open the session message bus.
[Info 16:41:01.825] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Warn 16:41:01.941] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 16:41:01.941] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.

(Banshee:14738): Gtk-WARNING **: Refusing to add non-unique action 'CloseAction' to action group 'Global'
[Warn 16:41:01.943] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null.
Parameter name: address (in `NDesk.DBus')
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Warn 16:41:01.943] Extension `Banshee.SoundMenu.SoundMenuService' not started: Unable to open the session message bus.
[Info 16:41:01.947] All services are started 1.711542
** (Banshee:14738): DEBUG: Syncdaemon not running, waiting for it to start in NameOwnerChanged

(Banshee:14738): libsoup-WARNING **: No feature manager for feature of type 'U1RequestChrome'

** (Banshee:14738): WARNING **: Error calling get_info: Process /usr/lib/ubuntuone-client/ubuntuone-syncdaemon exited with status 1

** (Banshee:14738): CRITICAL **: syncdaemon_folder_info_get_subscribed: assertion `SYNCDAEMON_IS_FOLDER_INFO (finfo)' failed

** (Banshee:14738): WARNING **: Error rescanning Purchased Music: No such file or directory
** (Banshee:14738): DEBUG: Loading the real store page

** (Banshee:14738): WARNING **: Got less number of items in credentials hash table than expected!
[Info 16:41:06.053] nereid Client Started
[Info ...

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

I have really tried to get banshee to work but it does seem to be failed on this machine but I have added a debug trace which may help

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

I did the ultimate ... removed Ubuntu from my machine and started from scratch now Banshee starts from the GUI but still is flawed ..

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

You should not run banshee with sudo permissions, is not needed. Have you tried to remove your ".config/banshee-1" and ".cache/banshee-1" directories from your home and then try banshee again (without sudo)?

[Mondane (mondane-woodworker)]

I just removed both directories but Banshee still doesn't load.. in the terminal these lines appear:

[Info 22:57:25.277] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [Ubuntu 11.04 (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-05-07 15:17:23 UTC]
[Info 22:57:27.745] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info 22:57:27.872] All services are started 1,178624

And a banshee window appears, but without any controls on it, the window stays white/gray indefinitely.

Any ideas?

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

The only way I could banshee to run without sudo was to delete the partition and reinstall Ubuntu, which allows Banshee to run from the GUI but to try and sync a device you just get permission errors (see screen shots) I'm just wondering what I have done wrong

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Jim, could you post now the output of "banshee --debug" in a separated file please? seems like you don't have permissions to read/write in "/media/ZEN STONE"

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

Hi Kamus, I hope I have attached the info you asked for

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Jim just one more thing, could you install the package mtp-tools and then run "mtp-detect" and attach all the output information of this command, thank you.

[JIm (jim-richardson06)]

The result from mtp-detect is

jim@jim-Vostro-1700:~$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 1.0.6

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.
jim@jim-Vostro-1700:~$

The above is true no matter what player I plug in

Zen Stone 1GB - Banshee read and wrote to this one fine
Zen Stone Plus 2GB - Banshee detected this one but had permission problems
Zen Stone Plus with speaker - Banshee did not detect at all (Ubuntu added it as a drive and not a player)
Copy Ipod nano 1GB - Banshee read and wrote to this one fine
Copy Ipod nano 2GB - Banshee read and wrote to this one fine
Copy ipod nano 4GB - Banshee read and wrote to this one fine
RockChip 8GB MP5 player - Ubuntu did not detect
Apad - Banshee did not detect it.

but I did delete the partition again and installed 64 bit version of Ubuntu 11.04 (instead of 32 bit) which made the Zen Stone 1GB work !!! is there a difference between 32 & 64 bit ?
Other thing why does Banshee not detect SD cards & usb drives ?? I use SD cards for music in the car. A 32GB card give enough audio storage for a long trip but Banshee can not sync them.
Regards Jim

[Mondane (mondane-woodworker)]

@Kamus: Should I file a new bug report for my problem? I think I'm experiencing another bug then Jim since all I get is a non-responding white window.

Btw, here's my mtp-detect response:

ernst@ernst-laptop:~/.config/banshee-1$ mtp-detect
libmtp version: 1.0.6

Listing raw device(s)
   No raw devices found.

[Mondane (mondane-woodworker)]

I filed my own bug report: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654187