Well.. the update didn't go as well as I would like!
Here's where the problem started! Any idea?
make[6]: *** [libamarokarts.la] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/amarok-1.3.6/work/amarok-1.3.6/amarok/src/engine/arts/amarokarts'
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
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Although amarok is probably my favorite audio player, I have found it to be a little finicky. I usually find it works best with xine. I usually use a "-arts -gstreamer xine" so xine is the only engine available. I also usually have a "-mysql -postgres" because it seems silly to me to have a database running to listen to music. If you disable both of those, it just uses sqlite. I have also use "-opengl" becase at one time (they probably have fixed it by now, but I haven't checked) there was an issue with amarok, opengl, and nvidia cards. I don't use/watch any of the visualizations anyway so I have never seen the point. I make sure to add in "musicbrainz" since that is a nice service. So to sum up, my use flags are generally: "-arts -gstreamer xine -mysql -postgres -opengl musicbrainz" I know it isn't a direct solution to your problem, I just thought I would share my experiences.
Preston