amarok / kde4.1

itti · 2008-07-30 23:35:15

hi,

just a quick question. is there a way to get amarok to use kde4.1 instead of kde3? i know from kde4.x-only systems, that kde3 apps can be run in kde4. k3b for example...

Peyton · 2008-07-31 02:08:46

The current version of Amarok does not depend on KDE4. The KDE4 version, Amarok 2, will be released in October, I believe. If you're feeling brave, though, you can download the second alpha verison:

http://amarok.kde.org

zergu · 2008-07-31 10:20:18

You can use old Amarok with KDE 4.1. Just leave its configuration in .kde/share/apps/amarok. If it won't start from kmenu change command to absolute (/opt/kde/bin/amarokapp %U).

archdave · 2008-08-04 01:39:41

I've switched over to using kde4.1 from kde3.5.9

phase 1) pacman -Syu
This updated to kde4.1

phase 2) Due to some problems with kde4.1 I reverted back to kde3 by installing kdemod3
pacman -Rcsn kde (removed kde4.1)
Manually deleted leftovers from kde3 by
rm -rf /opt/kde
rm -rf /root/.kde
rm -rf /home/user/.kde where user is substitued with user ids
pacman -S kdemod3

phase 3) Due to not being satisfied with kdemod3 and deciding to not fight the future, I went back to kde4.1
pacman -Rcsn kdemod3
Manually deleted leftovers from kdemod3 by
rm -rf /opt/kde
rm -rf root/.kde
rm -rf /home/user/.kde where user is substitued with user ids
pacman -S kde (installed kde4.1)
pacman -S amarok-base

Now, it didn't take long to re-find my major problem with kde4.1, amarok will not scan my assigned music directories

I've seen posts in the forums and in #archlinux in irc saying this should work.
WTF! (please excuse my poor French)

But ... it doesn't work for me. Any ideas?
P.S. - running /opt/kde/bin/amarokapp shows many errors on starting up, but none show up new when the rescan database option is selected

Last edited by archdave (2008-08-04 17:47:30)

papierschiff · 2008-08-04 07:10:18

the amarok alpha works 90% good for me. i had problems with scanning the music-directories too. than i took a small folder and test it, run 2 times "rescan collection" and update collection... it worked, and than i checked my whole directories..

fede · 2008-08-04 12:42:22

If you want to install the amarok alpha, you might be interested in the kdemod-extragear repo, they have it as a package:

[kdemod-extragear]
Server = http://kdemod.iskrembilen.com/repo/extragear/i686

Last edited by fede (2008-08-04 12:43:01)

archdave · 2008-08-04 17:50:07

Hmm, I'm looking for a solution for KDE 4.1 and x86_64

archdave · 2008-08-04 19:08:23

Ok, I tried directing amarok to search one directory containing only one mp3 file.

Started amarok using /opt/kde/bin/amarokapp from a terminal resulting in the following output:

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dave@dellazoid ~ $ /opt/kde/bin/amarokapp
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0xf758a0 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a layout
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0xf758a0 ): KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to layout for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
QObject::connect: Incompatible sender/receiver arguments
StarManager::ratingsColorsChanged() --> ContextBrowser::ratingOrScoreOrLabelsChanged(const QString&)
STARTUP
----------

Tried the suggested work around of:

Tools, Rescan Collection
Tools, Rescan Collection
Tools, Update Collection

This generated no additional output in the terminal, the usual status displayof the scan process at the bottom of the amarok window does not occur.

A few seconds after closing amarok results in this additional output in the terminal:

----------
ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 20492, errno = 11
----------

I am using the following packages:

Name : amarok-base
Version : 1.4.9.1-2

Name : sqlite3
Version : 3.5.9-2

Last edited by archdave (2008-08-04 19:26:38)

elocal · 2008-08-04 19:28:12

[kdemod-extragear]
Server = http://kdemod.iskrembilen.com/repo/extragear/x86_64

amarok 2.0 alpha... it is unstable, so i don't know how useful it is going to be to you. Try it out...

TecnoVM64 · 2008-08-04 21:37:26

I used kdemod4 and installed kdelibs3 (no need for kdebase) from extra, it did actually work, although it won't appear on the menu so you have to launch it on console.

appel · 2008-08-04 22:00:25

I use this PKGBUILD (slightly modified to use the latest SVN revision and install into /usr):

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/amaro … arok2-svn/

It has a 'make uninstall' and I just keep a backup of the last revision I was happy with incase things break too badly.

If you want, I've noticed that this PKGBUILD was recently added: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/amaro … ok-alpha2/

For Alpha 2 as deemed ready by the Amarok team.

Cheers.

archdave · 2008-08-05 02:34:49

Ok, I'll give this amarok-alpha2 a try since it's in my currently set repos
the easier way with yaourt -S amarok-alpha2

Results to follow in next posting

archdave · 2008-08-05 06:29:41

archdave wrote:

Ok, I'll give this amarok-alpha2 a try since it's in my currently set repos
the easier way with yaourt -S amarok-alpha2
Results to follow in next posting

It works!
Still, had to elimate existing album art and .db files. But it is working.

Plus! Album Art!

Additional Notes:
Just for grins, I went back and installed amarok-base (from the kde3 version) and found that having
deleted the existing album art and .db files (which got there origionally from sharing my music directory
with a dual-boot XP) that it now works too. I hate chasing my tail.

...

Last edited by archdave (2008-08-05 08:58:57)

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