amarok on ubuntu hardy takes 15 minutes to startup

Tue Aug 26 02:34:58 UTC 2008

Note that running mysql just to speed up one program might slowdown  
the rest of the system. I'm not sure but the default install starts at  
least 5 but may be up to 10 processes each eating up ram and CPU  
Cycles. This might not be a problem for your machine but you should  
weigh the pros and cons of a faster music player or faster system as a  
whole.

On Aug 25, 2008, at 9:13 PM, musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:

> I found moving from the SQLLite backend to the MySQL backend worked
> pretty well in reagrds to speeding up load times significantly. You
> might want to try that.
>
> It's a fairly simple process that is very well documented in the  
> forums.
>
> see this for example:
>
> http://mikesubuntu.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-set-up-mysql-database-in-amarok.html
>
> or from the KDE crowd: http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/MySQL_HowTo
>
> cheers
> L.
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Dvorzhetsky  
> <dvorzhetsky at airpost.net> wrote:
>> Hi, I'am running ubuntu hardy (gnome), I installed amarok from the
>> regular repositories.
>>
>> I got a serious problem with it: it takes about 15 minutes to  
>> startup,
>> about 2 minutes for the icon to get in the status bar and then it is
>> still unusable for about 10-15 minutes (mouse over the icon show the
>> application is busy). Then it works fine.
>>
>> I tried to remove the packages clearing config file but it didn't  
>> help.
>> I even tried running it as root I built the collection then I have  
>> the
>> same problem.
>> The worse is that neither memory nor cpu is 100% used when it  
>> loads, I
>> can still use my system, as long as I don't click on the amarok  
>> icon and
>> ask him something (in that case I have to wait that it loads fully to
>> regain control on the system).
>> I check it do not reload collection in the mean time, HD are not  
>> busy.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> me at bunlaptop:~$ amarok
>> Amarok: [Loader] Starting amarokapp..
>> Amarok: [Loader] Don't run gdb, valgrind, etc. against this binary!  
>> Use
>> amarokapp.
>> DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network  
>> socket
>> kbuildsycoca running...
>> Reusing existing ksycoca
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made.desktop has  
>> Type=Link
>> instead of "Application" or "Service"
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service :
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made.desktop
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made-1.desktop has  
>> Type=Link
>> instead of "Application" or "Service"
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service :
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made-1.desktop
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: The desktop entry file
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made-2.desktop has  
>> Type=Link
>> instead of "Application" or "Service"
>> kio (KService*): WARNING: Invalid Service :
>> /home/me/.local/share/applications/alacarte-made-2.desktop
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x8126c78 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a  
>> layout
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x8126c78 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to  
>> layout
>> for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
>> QObject::connect: Incompatible sender/receiver arguments
>>       StarManager::ratingsColorsChanged() -->
>> ContextBrowser::ratingOrScoreOrLabelsChanged(const QString&)
>> me at bunlaptop:~$ amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype
>> application/ogg
>> amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype application/ogg
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KLauncher): ERROR: SlavePool: No communication with slave.
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KLauncher): ERROR: SlavePool: No communication with slave.
>> QObject::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter
>> QObject::connect: Cannot connect  
>> (null)::activePartChanged( KParts::Part
>> * ) to KHTMLPart::slotActiveFrameChanged( KParts::Part * )
>> ssh mediawiki at gaDDkio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed,  
>> errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
>> kio (KLauncher): ERROR: SlavePool: No communication with slave.
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KLauncher): ERROR: SlavePool: No communication with slave.
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
>> kio (KLauncher): ERROR: SlavePool: No communication with slave.
>> DCOP aborting call from 'anonymous-19721' to 'amarok'
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header read failed, errno=104
>> kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Header has invalid size (-1)
>> X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
>>  Major opcode:  7
>>  Minor opcode:  0
>>  Resource id:  0x580001c
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> me at bunlaptop:~$ amarokapp
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x81347f0 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a  
>> layout
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x81347f0 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to  
>> layout
>> for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
>> QObject::connect: Incompatible sender/receiver arguments
>>       StarManager::ratingsColorsChanged() -->
>> ContextBrowser::ratingOrScoreOrLabelsChanged(const QString&)
>> STARTUP
>> amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype application/ogg
>> amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype application/ogg
>> QObject::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter
>> QObject::connect: Cannot connect  
>> (null)::activePartChanged( KParts::Part
>> * ) to KHTMLPart::slotActiveFrameChanged( KParts::Part * )
>> me at bunlaptop:~$ amarokapp
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x809cdd8 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout "unnamed" added to QVBox "unnamed", which already has a  
>> layout
>> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel =  
>> 0x809cdd8 ):
>> KAccel object already contains an action name "play_pause"
>> QLayout: Adding KToolBar/mainToolBar (child of QVBox/unnamed) to  
>> layout
>> for PlaylistWindow/PlaylistWindow
>> QObject::connect: Incompatible sender/receiver arguments
>>       StarManager::ratingsColorsChanged() -->
>> ContextBrowser::ratingOrScoreOrLabelsChanged(const QString&)
>> STARTUP
>> amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype application/ogg
>> amarok: WARNING: Pixmap not found for mimetype application/ogg
>> QObject::disconnect: Unexpected null parameter
>> QObject::connect: Cannot connect  
>> (null)::activePartChanged( KParts::Part
>> * ) to KHTMLPart::slotActiveFrameChanged( KParts::Part * )
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Copying this in google didn't help me much.
>> Can someone give me an hand? this is driving me nuts!
>>
>> I can provide other log if necessary
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
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