Please start Amarok in a konsole with these arguments: amarok -d --nofork
and check the error messages. I suspect it is a well-known bug in the 2.8 version with the analyzer applet (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327150), if yes, here is the workaround: disable the analyzer applet by editing ~/.kde/share/config/amarok_homerc and removing it from the plugins list Also please file Amarok bugs downstream in http://bugs.kde.org, as for all other KDE packages ** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #327150 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327150 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to amarok in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1393074 Title: Amarok freezes on start up Status in “amarok” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Amarok completely freezes on me on start up. I had deleted all my settings for Amarok in ~/.kde/share/config/ and the directory ~/.kde/share/apps/amarok thinking that maybe it had something to do with my settings, but it's still just staying frozen when I try to start it up. Even after an hour, it still stays frozen. This is on 14.10. amarok: Installed: 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu4 Candidate: 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu4 Version table: *** 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu4 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic/universe amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: amarok 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Nov 15 15:02:22 2014 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-15 (245 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: amarok UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-25 (21 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/1393074/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
