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Zibi1981

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Registered: 2008-01-31

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Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

I have some serious stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1 installed from extra repository. Many actions, like stopping the film or trying to access xine-engine settings causes this

Anyone has similar problems? My DE is KDEmod 3.5.8.

EDIT:

I recompiled Kaffeine using a slightly modified PKGBUILD, which you can see below

# $Id: PKGBUILD,v 1.32 2008/02/02 20:36:37 damir Exp $
# Maintainer :  Damir Perisa <damir.perisa@bluewin.ch>

pkgname=kaffeine
pkgver=0.8.6
pkgrel=2
pkgdesc="Multimedia Player, based on Xine"
license=('GPL')
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://kaffeine.sourceforge.net/"
depends=('libx11' 'libxtst' 'libxcb' 'kdelibs>=3.5.7' 'libart-lgpl' 'lame' 'cdparanoia' 'fam' 'xine-lib>=1.1.10' 'gstreamer0.10-base')
source=("http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2")

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src/${pkgname}-${pkgver}

  [ -z "${QTDIR}" ] && . /etc/profile.d/qt3.sh
  [ -z "${KDEDIR}" ] && . /etc/profile.d/kde.sh

  ./configure --prefix=/opt/kde --without-dvb --without-xinerama --without-arts --enable-debug=full
  #--enable-gcc-hidden-visibility
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=${startdir}/pkg install
  # remove already provided file by kdelibs
  rm ${startdir}/pkg/opt/kde/share/mimelnk/application/x-mplayer2.desktop
}

md5sums=('102cced6a686f5ffffee94652ca2a093')

but the problem remains. I also installed GNU Debugger, but all I got from it is

Now I don't think it's an Kaffeine 0.8.6 issue, as it runs smoothly on my Mandriva 2008.0. Anyone have an idea about this?

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2008-02-18 14:40:31)

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Pinhead

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Registered: 2008-02-19

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Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

I have the same problem on my multimedia box.
Mostly the error comes in DVB-S mode.
Changing channels leads to a hang up from kaffeine.
The problem is in Arch32 and Arch64!

Same problem with changing DVB channels in xine.
I found a error like this "lost dvb signal"

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

was there a specific update when this started happening. If u want it fixed in arch and its a compile time problem then u are gonna have to file a bug for it to get fixed, more then likely. Sounds like it could very well be a bug though. I'd be interested in knowing when u both started experiencing the problem. Would help pinpoint the date of the update that killed kaffiene.

Zibi1981

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From: Poland

Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 704

Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

Well, it's the first time I'm using KDEmod and Kaffeine under Arch (32-bit), so I didn't have the opportunity to check whether it is an issue related only to 0.8.6. But, as I have written above, I'm also using Kaffeine 0.8.6 on my Mandriva 2008.0 system, and I don't have such problems there. I compiled it from sources, just as I did on Arch when first run on that issue. I don't have, neither use DVB, and as you can see above, I compiled Kaffeine passing --without-dvb argument, so IMO the problem lies elsewhere. Maybe it's something with KDEmod? Anyone can confirm my observations?

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vogets

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Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

No problems here. My Kaffeine is stable in DVB mode under Gnome.

Zibi1981

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Posts: 704

Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

So the probability that it's a KDEmod issue grows...

Last edited by Zibi1981 (2008-02-19 13:34:05)

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Pinhead

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Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

I tested xine-lib and kaffeine. The stability problem with kaffeine is only in version 0.8.6-1.
Kaffeine 0.8.5-1 works fine. This is independent from the version of xine-lib.

Zibi1981

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Posts: 704

Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

Where did You get previous version of Kaffeine? Did You rebuild Kaffeine's PKGBUILD and compiled it from sources?

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Pinhead

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Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

I used one of my fallback systems, last time updated in january with the 0.8.5.-1 version. ;-)

Zibi1981

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Registered: 2008-01-31

Posts: 704

Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

Well, I think it wouldn't be a problem for me to customize Kaffeine's PKGBUILD and compile 0.8.5 from sources, but I would rather prefer to stay up-to-date So still hoping for a solution...

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Zibi1981

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Re: Stability issues with Kaffeine 0.8.6-1

New Kaffeine package in [extra] but the problem remains for me

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