after the whole update procedures to 12.1 and kde 4.7.4 amarok reports an error and after a while crashes with a segfault.
the message shown in a dialog box:
The amarok database reported the following errors:
GREPME MySQLe query failed! (2000) on init
In most cases you will need to resolve these errors before Amarok will run properly.
any ideas anyone? buehler?
hemathor wrote:
>
> after the whole update procedures to 12.1 and kde 4.7.4 amarok reports
> an error and after a while crashes with a segfault.
>
> the message shown in a dialog box:
>
>
>
> The amarok database reported the following errors:
> GREPME MySQLe query failed! (2000) on init
> In most cases you will need to resolve these errors before Amarok will
> run properly.
>
>
> any ideas anyone? buehler?
>
>
Ditch Amarok and install Clementine, it’s a fork of Amarok 1.4, Works.
Available in OSS.
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.9-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) 3.1.1-48-desktop Tumbleweed in VirtualBox
openSUSE 12.1 (i586) 3.1.0-1.2-desktop in EeePC 900
i already thought about that, but there are still some things i need amarok for…
i also thought about quitting kde altogether, because it is so memory-consuming and with each version it becomes slower and slower, and more and more things don’t work any longer (amarok, kmail, pim, …).
but surprisingly on my archlinux installation everything works quite ok and a lot faster than on opensuse… so instead of leaving kde i think i stay with kde and switch to archlinux…
Try deleting the following
.kde4/share/config/amarok-appletsrc
.kde4/share/config/amarok_homerc
.kde4/share/config/amarokrc
.kde4/share/apps/amarok/
Now try it again
so, basically, what you are saying is, i should say goodbye to everything in that database and start from scratch?
like i did with kmail?
like i did with korganizer?
like i did with plasma?
…?
Yes
What’s the big deal. It’s only Amarok.
If it’s such an issue, put the files in the trash rather than delete.
You can always recover them, if this doesn’t solve the problem.
To be using kde4.7.4
I take it you are using Release47 repo?
i don’t care about my music collection, but i have a podcast archive that reaches some years back… the audio files are still there, but all the info is gone…
and adding all the podcasts again takes quite some time… and i already spent way too much time to restore all my kde settings…
yes, i use the upstream repository. 4.7.4 should be stable, afaik…
How about posting your repo list
zypper lr -d
i found a solution:
downgrading mysql from version 5.5.18-73.1 (tumbleweed) to 5.5.16-3.3.1 (oss) seems to work.
Seriously?!? That’s your reply? Are you taking the ****? >:)
OK, its only Amarok, so get rid.
But why stop there?
It’s only KDE.
It’s only opensuse.
It’s only Linux.
Let’s get rid of them too, eh?
Then we can all go back to windows.
Your ‘**** off I don’t give a ****’ attitude is an absolute disgrace and maybe acts as a shining example as to why Linux will never be accepted by the masses.
And I see your an admin (god - they must be desperate for admin’s), so I expect that you will quickly delete my message.
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:26:03 +0530, hemathor
<hemathor@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:
>
> i already thought about that, but there are still some things i need
> amarok for…
>
> i also thought about quitting kde altogether, because it is so
> memory-consuming and with each version it becomes slower and slower, and
> more and more things don’t work any longer (amarok, kmail, pim, …).
>
> but surprisingly on my archlinux installation everything works quite ok
> and a lot faster than on opensuse… so instead of leaving kde i think i
> stay with kde and switch to archlinux…
>
that isn’t my experience with amarok. i’m using KDE 4.8.3, and amarok
still runs exceptionally well, without consuming too much resources; if
one likes the fancy interface with all the schnick-schnack is a different
question.
if you want to enjoy trouble-free KDE applications, it might be advisable
to upgrade to the latest release (4.8.3), which was a bug-fix release.
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phani.
Hi all,
Found that my Amarok 2.5.0-19.3-x86_64 from Packman failed to start after I upgraded libmysqlclient18, libmysqld18, mysql-community-server & mysql-community-server-client via Zypper update from v5.5.16-3.3.1 to v5.5.23-3.6.1.
The only way i could get Amarok to start again (with all my 28,000 tracks) was to downgrade the mentioned packages again.
I spend my working life debugging & testing software, the last thing I wanted to do tonight was more of the same 
I could understand the advice if the issue would be amarok. But since it is an issue of Mysql update, I think who prepared the update was not attentive enought about the circumstances…or did not care.
stakanov wrote:
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> Vahis;2418940 Wrote:
>> Ditch Amarok and install Clementine, it’s a fork of Amarok 1.4, Works.
>> Available in OSS.
>>
>
> I could understand the advice if the issue would be amarok. But since
> it is an issue of Mysql update, I think who prepared the update was not
> attentive enought about the circumstances…or did not care.
>
>
Then this is not an Amarok issue and could even effect also Clementine.
The post was from months ago so I’m assuming the problem should be fixed
by now.
I was using solely Amarok myself for years.
Can’t remember exactly anymore which version it was that made me look
for an alternative.
Luckily I wasn’t alone and Amarok 1.4 got forked.
I’m recommending Clementine in general.
http://waxborg.servepics.com
openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) 2.6.37.6-0.11-default main host
openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) 3.3.5-23-desktop Tumbleweed in VirtualBox
openSUSE 12.1 (i586) 3.1.10-1.9-desktop in EeePC 900
On Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:59 +0530, Vahis <waxborg@gmail.com.invalid>
wrote:
> Then this is not an Amarok issue and could even effect also Clementine.
i don’t think so; far as i know, clementine doesn’t use MySQL and
therefore shouldn’t be disturbed by this.
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phani.
It’s not Amarok, it’s mysql. And a true bug too. I run a development environment for a dozen of websites, mysql errors all over the place. Daemon failed to start at boot a couple of times, paths were found invalid. Reverting to default mysql or mariadb reverts things back to normal.
Why does openSUSE use Mysql anyway? Seen Java, there one should expect nothing good from Msql. I think user should have Maria-db by default. I recall Mageia did this intelligent move for KDE.
Rembember, first they laugh, then they fight you. Well laughing is over some time now, isn’t it.
Or reinstall amarok back to the previous openSUSE update (2.4.3-8.6.1) - worked for me.