[Intrepid] amarok-kde4 does not start, communication problem

[Alessandro Ghersi]

Amarok-kde4 does not start in Intrepid fully updated under Kde, from terminal:
lex@asus:~$ amarok
<unknown program name>(20525)/: 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)" "
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.90-0ubuntu1

[Alessandro Ghersi (alessandro-ghersi)]

cat /var/log/messages:
Aug 29 20:05:04 asus klogd: [ 8710.903684] amarok[5128]: segfault at 1 ip 7fd473bf0740 sp 7fff7e11aef8 error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[7fd473b6e000+169000]

[redada (infos-redada)]

I have exactly the same problem here.

[redada (infos-redada)]

This also happens with juk and digikam:

Sep 9 13:42:28 intrepid kernel: [73980.107768] amarok[27513]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f4dfaa54740 sp 00007fff04f81d48 error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[7f4dfa9d2000+169000]
Sep 9 13:46:16 intrepid kernel: [74208.194367] juk[27563]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f733387f740 sp 00007fff3f7b8148 error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[7f73337fd000+169000]
Sep 9 13:46:35 intrepid kernel: [74227.132264] digikam[27566]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f3b697cc740 sp 00007fff7728d758 error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[7f3b6974a000+169000]

[Giovanni Cucca (spawnhcs-deactivatedaccount)]

Same problem here, with amarok-kde4 in a fresh install from kubuntu Intrepid Alpha 6 alternate, and also after applying all upgrades until now

[Marc Cheng (bdgraue)]

same here with amarok

fresh installed intrepid 64bit with all updates and all available kde4 packages, including amarok-kde4-dbg

[Giovanni Cucca (spawnhcs-deactivatedaccount)]

Suddenly, amarok started to work out very well. I searched in logs to find some updates I missed, and the only ones I fuond that maybe resolved the situation are these:

[snipped from /var/log/aptitude]

[UPGRADE] kdelibs-bin 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu3 -> 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu4
[UPGRADE] kdelibs5 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu3 -> 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu4
[UPGRADE] kdelibs5-data 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu3 -> 4:4.1.1+really4.1.1-0ubuntu4

I don't really know if this is somewhat related to Amarok, but now it's working well, and those packages are the only hint I found on the motivation. I thought to share this.

[marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra)]

Today (26 September 2008) using Intrepid fully upgraded/updated

Amarok (and kde4.1 ) don't start... or better it start but interface isn't showed to me i must kill Amarok from terminal.

How to reproduce: Run amarok from terminal...

What i get:

amarok(9084) Phonon::KdePlatformPlugin::createBackend: using backend: "Xine"
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::rowsInserted( const QModelIndex&, int, int ) to Playlist::RowList::rowsInserted( const QModelIndex &, int, int )
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::rowsRemoved( const QModelIndex&, int, int ) to Playlist::RowList::rowsRemoved( const QModelIndex&, int, int )
QObject::connect: Cannot connect (null)::rowMoved( int, int ) to Playlist::RowList::rowMoved( int, int )
QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
amarok(9084) KToolInvocation::klauncher: klauncher not running... launching kdeinit
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/klauncher
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kded4
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/bin/kbuildsycoca4
kbuildsycoca4 running...
kbuildsycoca4(9101) kdemain: Reusing existing ksycoca
kbuildsycoca4(9101) KConfigGroup::readXdgListEntry: List entry Categories in "screensavers/plasma.desktop" is not compliant with XDG standard (missing trailing semicolon).
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update
"/usr/bin/amarok(9084)" Error in thread 3030402752 : "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown - The name org.kde.nepomuk.services.nepomukstorage was not provided by any .service files"
"/usr/bin/amarok(9084)" Error in thread 3030402752 : "QLocalSocket::connectToServer: Connection refused"
amarok(9084) <unnamed>::GlobalModelContainer::init: Failed to connect to Nepomuk server via local socket "/home/ubuntu/.kde/share/apps/nepomuk/socket"
QImage::scaled: Image is a null image
QImage::scaled: Image is a null image
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to MainWindow "MainWindow", which already has a layout
/usr/bin/scim
kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kconf_update
<unknown program name>(9083)/: Communication problem with "amarok" , it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply" : " "Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken." "

[Kaltsi (kaltsi)]

If remove ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok directory, amarok works
but if akarok makes big album database, it will crash while start

[Marc Cheng (bdgraue)]

nothing works over here, neither removing ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok directory nor removing ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc file

i also tried with the amarok-kde4-dbg_1.92.2-0ubuntu1~ppa1_amd64.deb
its the same
$ amarok
<unknown program name>(9478)/: 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)" "

[Marc Cheng (bdgraue)]

[ 372.533065] amarok[7303]: segfault at 1 ip 00007f6aede95690 sp 00007ffff8362b78 error 4 in libc-2.8.90.so[7f6aede13000+169000]

i don't know if this dmesg output will help to find the issue...

[marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra)]

Today removing:

- the uim-qt package due this bug https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qt4-x11/+bug/271101
- the old amarok

then adding the:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main universe multiverse restricted

to my Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid software sources

and installing amarok ( amarok2 kde4 ):

sudo apt-get install amarok

Make amarok (kde4) working again.

[Sven Fischer (sepreh)]

For me, as a workaround removing the phonon-backend-xine package made amarok2 work again. It is using gstreamer backend since then, but plays find.

[Marc Cheng (bdgraue)]

installing the phonon-backend-gstreamer and removing the phonon-backend-xine package made my amarok work again, too.

[Michael Uvarov (freeakk)]

Ubutu 10.04:
user@delta:~$ amarok
<unknown program name>(2119)/: Communication problem with "amarok" , it probably crashed.
Error message was: "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown" : " "The name org.kde.amarok was not provided by any .service files" "

KCrash: Application 'amarok' crashing...
sock_file=/home/user/.kde/socket-delta/kdeinit4__0

user@delta:~$ sudo aptitude search phonon-backend-*
v phonon-backend -
i phonon-backend-gstreamer - Phonon GStreamer 0.10.x backend
p phonon-backend-null - Phonon null backend (no real backend)
p phonon-backend-xine - Phonon Xine 1.1.x backend
i phonon-backends-dbg - debugging symbols for Phonon backends