[Bug 39022] ubuntu crashes after amarok exit and attempted reboot

[Sandy Scott]

Public bug reported:

Affects: amarok (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I havn't researched this very thoroughly, cos it takes so long to reboot
the system if it does fail...

However, this is the process I can use to create a crash.
-Start amarok
-Add a folder to the list describing hte location of your music files.
-On the appropriate menu, click Rescan Collection
-The scan will almost complete (the bar gets to 96%), then hang.  This is appears to be on the first checked folder to be scanned in the list, which i assume is scanned last (This is not a TagLib problem, as it always crashes right at the end, even if the ones it failed on last time are not selected).
-The program has crashed at this stage and is unusable, though the window can still be moved around/minimised etc.
-If you click on the cross to close the program window, after a few moments you are presented with an option to Force Quit, which I take.
-I then try and reboot amarok.  Won't work at all.
-Then try and reboot the system (System -> Logout -> Restart).
-This crashes the desktop environment (at least - I don't know much about linux).  And at this stage no inputs will respond and the only option left is the reset button.

-I'm wasn't too sure about to file this bug, as the error is obviously
somewhere in amarok.  However, I am led to belive that the Linux
timeslicing and memory controls should make the possibility of a single
program crashing the whole OS almost impossible.

I'm Using Ubuntu 5.10, downloaded 06/04/05, and various packages*
installed 8/04/05

The files are on a external usb hard disc, FAT32 formatted.

*All the updates, varios codecs, amarok and required KDE components and
MySQL for it's database.
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ubuntu crashes after amarok exit and attempted reboot
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/39022