Banshee 2.0.1 crashes on start - mono problem - Could not read add-in description

[axel]

Binary package hint: banshee

banshee -debug banshee
[Info 18:07:30.439] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [Ubuntu 10.10 (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2011-05-07 15:22:34 UTC]
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Could not read add-in description
  at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.CheckHostAssembly (System.Reflection.Assembly asm) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.ActivateRoots () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinManager.Initialize (System.String configDir) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.InitializeAddins () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DefaultInitialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean registerCommonServices) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean initializeDefault, System.String defaultIconName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup (Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

An unhandled exception was thrown: Could not read add-in description

  at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.CheckHostAssembly (System.Reflection.Assembly asm) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.ActivateRoots () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Mono.Addins.AddinManager.Initialize (System.String configDir) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.InitializeAddins () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DefaultInitialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean registerCommonServices) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean initializeDefault, System.String defaultIconName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup (Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

.NET Version: 2.0.50727.1433
OS Version: Unix 2.6.35.28

Assembly Version Information:

System.Xml (2.0.0.0)
Banshee.Core (2.0.0.0)
Hyena.Data.Sqlite (2.0.0.0)
System.Core (3.5.0.0)
gdk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Mono.Addins (0.4.0.0)
atk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Hyena.Gui (2.0.0.0)
gtk-sharp (2.12.0.0)
Banshee.ThickClient (2.0.0.0)
Nereid (2.0.0.0)
NDesk.DBus.Proxies (0.0.0.0)
Mono.Posix (2.0.0.0)
Hyena (2.0.0.0)
NDesk.DBus (1.0.0.0)
glib-sharp (2.12.0.0)
System (2.0.0.0)
Banshee.Services (2.0.0.0)
Banshee (2.0.0.0)
mscorlib (2.0.0.0)

Platform Information: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic i686 unknown GNU/Linux

Disribution Information:

[/etc/lsb-release]
DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint
DISTRIB_RELEASE=10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=julia
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 10 Fluxbox"

[/etc/debian_version]
squeeze/sid

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

Axel, please could you run in a terminal "banshee --debug" and attach all the output information in a separated file? Thanks

[axel (axel334)]

This is exactly what is displayed in terminal after banshee --debug.
The part starting: "An unhandled exception was thrown: Could not read add-in description" pop-ups in gui window.
Previous version of Banshee and extensions 1.8... was running without any problem on my system.
The problem started after update to Banshee 2.0.1 from this repository:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
I updated because of this fix release:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee-community-extensions/+bug/695043

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu maverick main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu maverick main

I use Julia 32-bit. (=maverick)

I reported the problem also on Mint launchpad, but it seems to be an upstream problem, perhaps with mono.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/777975

[Jesse Matties (jmatties)]

I have the same problem with 64-bit ubuntu 11.04.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for banshee (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]