Re: Managing music library with amaroK
2010/1/6 B. Alexander : > Ever since I upgraded to amaroK 2.x, I have had a problem with the > collection manager not seeing various media files, but it is only on one > machine, but not on another that is almost identically configured. It > appears that a good percentage of them are albums I bought off of Amazon. As > I said, this occurs on one box (defiant) but not the other (farragut). They > have more or less the same package lists and the same music on both boxes. > The main difference is that defiant's amaroK was upgraded from 1.x, and > farragut was installed clean. > > I tried moving the collection.db and the collection_scan.files out of the > way and restarting amarok, but it did not do any good. Yes, try to move out all amarok data from .kde. Also, if it doesn't help, start amarok from a console with --debug and look what it says when scanning collection. Best regards, Valentin Pavlyuchenko > > Another oddity. Many of the tweaks (like album art, tracks listed as various > artists, etc) didn't carry over from the upgrade. So I will check "list > tracks under various artists" as I come to them. Well, in various artists, > each track creates a new album of the same title. As a for instance, I have > the Multiplication Rock album. The tracks were listed in the collection > under the individual artists. When I would move them to various artists, I > would wind up with an extra Multiplication Rock album...For instance, there > are 11 tracks on this album. In my collection, I have 11 instances of > Multiplication Rock, and each instance has 11 tracks. This is happening on > both machines. > > Does anyone have any idea what the cause is or what I can do to fix it? > Should I get rid of the entire .kde/share/apps/amarok/*? > > Thanks, > --b > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: KBluetooth vs. Borden
I'm much obliged for the quick response to my problem. What still needs to be done on the experimental kdebluetooth to make it acceptable for sid? Is there a bug report or a todo list detailing this? With thanks On 22 December 2009 05:49:52 George Kiagiadakis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Borden Rhodes wrote: > > Hullo, all, > > > > I'm using Squeeze and I'm assuming that the kdebluetooth packages work, > > even if they're still using the old Qt3 libraries. Of course, kbluetooth > > does not recognise my tablet's Bluetooth system even though hcitool does. > > Yes, I've triple-checked that I'm a member of *both* the netdev and > > bluetooth groups. > > > > I have a Creative Bluetooth Headset (yes, they do exist) which I'm trying > > to use as a microphone/mono-headphone on my Debian laptop. I've tried > > following http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices with absolutely > > no success at . Any attempts to connect to the headset with > > > > hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX (with the XXs, obviously, replaced with > > the headset's Bluetooth address) > > > > gets rewarded with > > > > Can't create connection: Operation not permitted > > > > whereas > > > > sudo hcitool info XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > > > gets rewarded with > > > > Can't create connection: Input/output error > > > > Yes, all of the hardware *does* work. I've tested it and proven it. > > > > So, my question goes to all of the KDE users on Squeeze: does Bluetooth > > work for you. If so, how? > > The problem is that the version of kdebluetooth that is on Squeeze is > incompatible with the latest bluez (read: The problem is *not* kde4). > > hcitool should work. Since it doesn't work, this must be a bug in > bluez. I suggest you to try many times with the same command, as bluez > seems to return an error too early some times (I get similar errors > while connecting my bluetooth mouse sometimes). > > As for an alternative bluetooth gui, you can try either kdebluetooth > from experimental or gnome's bluetooth-applet (in package > bluez-gnome). Both suck, unfortunately... > > Regards, > George > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kde-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
