[Bug 55502] Re: Amarok randomly cannot initialise xine engine

[RobertWiblin]

Here is my attachment of the bad file.

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: amarok
  
  I am using amarok on an Ubuntu 6.06 clean install in a Dell Inspiron
  6000.
  
  About a quarter of the times I boot the computer, when Amarok loads, it
  will give the message
  
   "xine was unable to initialize any audio-drivers"
  
  and be unable to play any music files (it will be using no audio engine,
  or the 'void' engine) until the computer is rebooted. This is despite
- audio working fine in other programs, including playing MP3s. This is an
- apparently random occurence.
+ audio working fine in other programs, including playing MP3s. When you
+ attempt to change the engine to xine the error message is just repeated.
+ This is an apparently random occurence.
  
  I have found the problem to be solved by following the suggestion in the
  final post in this this forum thread:
  
  http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/suse-linux-help/58905-amarok-xine-
  engine-2.html
  
  "Hi dutchman and islamguide, I had the same problem as you had and I found the solution, thanks to you! I never tried to run amarok as root before seeing your posts.
  Well the issue was that in the file ~/.kde/share/config/amarokrc there was a problematic section. Once I removed it I could use amarok w/ xine again.
  Unfortunately as I removed it I cannot tell you exactly what it said, I just remember that the section was about xine engine and contained a line that referred to arts. I removed the whole section and no more problem loading audio-drivers
  Hope this helps
  g"
  
  I will attach a copy of my amarokrc file in the hope that somebody can work out what is problematic about it and perhaps suggest a solution to this bug either to the Ubuntu crew or to the Amarok people.
  Thanks.

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Amarok randomly cannot initialise xine engine
https://launchpad.net/bugs/55502