Hello everybody,
I have a problem here, amarok fetches no covers from Amazon…
My albums are tagged correctly.
I read somewhere that Amarok had such a problem but it was fixed.
So, how can I fix it? Any ideas?
Thanks a lot in advance- geo909,
try the Amarok from the Packman repository. That’s the one I use and it downloads covers just fine.
Uwe
Yeah, Amarok v. 1.4.8 (I think) could fetch covers due to a change in the Amazon API. Make sure you have 1.4.9 at least.
Hi, thanks for answering.
Well, is that a different version from the one that came with 10.3?!
Hmm…
Actually I cannot remember… Amarok comes by default in 10.3, right? I cannot remember installing it…
On 06/24/2008 geo909 wrote:
> Well, is that a different version from the one that came with 10.3?!
Not sure about the version, but it is different 
> Hmm… Actually I cannot remember… Amarok comes by default in 10.3,
> right? I cannot remember installing it…
Yes.
Uwe
Reading what you posted here Amarok probably got updated to 1.4.8 two months ago when you did your last update, because if memory serves, that was around the time the bugged version of Amarok was out. Once you get amarok updated, all should be fine.
Out of curiosity, could you post what version of amarok you are using by going to the help menu in amarok, and clicking about amarok?
I had exactly the same issue. As recommended, I used smart to install the “amarok-packman” meta package from the Packman repo, and all is working fine now.
Thanks Uwe, for posting the fix 
Hi again,
the package management fails again on this.
Here’s what I do
jorge@linux-kupy:~> sudo zypper install amarok-packman
root's password:
* Reading repository 'X11:XGL' cache
* Reading repository 'Main Repository (OSS)' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE:Factory' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE-10.3-Updates' cache
* Reading repository 'WINE' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla' cache
* Reading repository 'Main Repository (NON-OSS)' cache
* Reading repository 'Packman Repository' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE BuildService - KDE:Community' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE:10.3' cache
* Reading repository 'openSUSE BuildService - OpenOffice.org' cache
* Reading installed packages [100%]
Problem: amarok-packman cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of amarok-libvisual == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1 for amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
=== amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] ===
amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] will be installed by the user.
bundle-lang-kde-ru-11.0-125.noarch[openSUSE:Factory] is needed by amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (amarok-lang == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1)
Solution 1: Install amarok-libvisual although it would change the vendor
amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] provides this dependency, but would change the vendor of the installed item
Solution 2: do not install amarok-packman
do not install amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
Solution 3: Ignore this requirement just here
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
2 Problems:
Problem: amarok-libvisual cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
Problem: amarok-packman cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
Problem: amarok-libvisual cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of amarok == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1 for amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
=== amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] ===
amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] is needed by amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (amarok-libvisual == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1)
xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libX11.so.6)
libstdc++42-4.2.1_20070724-17.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4))
xorg-x11-libxcb-7.2-51.2.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libxcb.so.1)
xorg-x11-libXau-7.2-54.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libXau.so.6)
libgcc42-4.2.1_20070724-17.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libgcc_s.so.1)
SDL-1.2.12-26.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libSDL-1.2.so.0)
ncurses-5.6-41.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libncurses.so.5)
aalib-1.4.0-385.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libaa.so.1)
gpm-1.20.1-388.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libgpm.so.1)
libvisual-0.4.0-85.i586 is needed by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libvisual-0.4.so.0)
atom:amarok-libvisual-1.4.7-37.4.i586 will be evaluated for installation (freshened) by amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (amarok-libvisual == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1)
Solution 1: Install amarok although it would change the vendor
amarok-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] provides this dependency, but would change the vendor of the installed item
Solution 2: do not install amarok-libvisual
do not install amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
Solution 3: Ignore this requirement just here
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
Problem: amarok-packman cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of amarok-xine == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1 for amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
=== amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] ===
amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] will be installed by the user.
bundle-lang-kde-ru-11.0-125.noarch[openSUSE:Factory] is needed by amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (amarok-lang == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1)
amarok-libvisual-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] is needed by amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (amarok-libvisual == 1.4.9.1-103.pm.1)
Solution 1: Install amarok-xine although it would change the vendor
amarok-xine-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] provides this dependency, but would change the vendor of the installed item
Solution 2: do not install amarok-packman
do not install amarok-packman-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
Solution 3: Ignore this requirement just here
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
3 Problems:
Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables of best architecture.
Problem: libtunepimp5-mad cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
Problem: libtunepimp5-mp4 cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
Problem: No valid solution found with just resolvables of best architecture.
With this run only resolvables with the best architecture have been regarded.
Regarding all possible resolvables takes time, but can come to a valid result.
Solution 1: Make a solver run with ALL possibilities.
Regarding all resolvables with a compatible architecture.
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
Problem: libtunepimp5-mad cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of libtunepimp5 == 0.5.3-100.pm.7 for libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
=== libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] ===
libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] is needed by amarok-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libtunepimp5-mad)
libexpat1-2.0.1-24.i586 is needed by libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libexpat.so.1)
libcurl4-7.16.4-16.2.i586 is needed by libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libcurl.so.4)
fftw3-3.1.2-62.i586 is needed by libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libfftw3.so.3)
libmusicbrainz4-2.1.5-3.i586 is needed by libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libmusicbrainz.so.4)
libofa-0.9.3-60.i586 is needed by libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libofa.so.0)
Solution 1: Install libtunepimp5 although it would change the vendor
libtunepimp5-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] provides this dependency, but would change the vendor of the installed item
Solution 2: do not install libtunepimp5-mad
do not install libtunepimp5-mad-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
Solution 3: Ignore this requirement just here
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
Problem: libtunepimp5-mp4 cannot be installed due to missing dependencies
There are no installable providers of libtunepimp5 == 0.5.3-100.pm.7 for libtunepimp5-mp4-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
=== libtunepimp5-mp4-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] ===
libtunepimp5-mp4-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] is needed by amarok-1.4.9.1-103.pm.1.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] (libtunepimp5-mp4)
Solution 1: Install libtunepimp5 although it would change the vendor
libtunepimp5-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/] provides this dependency, but would change the vendor of the installed item
Solution 2: do not install libtunepimp5-mp4
do not install libtunepimp5-mp4-0.5.3-100.pm.7.i586[http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/]
Solution 3: Ignore this requirement just here
number, (r)etry or (c)ancel> 1
Applying solution 1
As you can see I have chosen 1 for all the questions.
After the last line, zyppers stays like that for ages… Nothing happens.
I now have the same issue with dependencies for the packman version using OpenSuSE 11.0
Still fine on my laptop using 10.3, unfortunately I haven’t been able to install the packman meta-package using YAST or smart under 11.0 due to similar if not identical dependancy issues. I’m not very good at resolving them however, and personally am considering wiping my desktop and sticking with 10.3 for now, which is very good and easier to resolve problems with at the moment. I guess my technical knowledge is insufficient for bleeding edge… :\