Re: [gentoo-user] amarok can't use mysql collection

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Dienstag 17 November 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Monday 16 November 2009 21:40:42 Alex Schuster wrote:
> > Alan McKinnon writes:
> > > Does anyone here successfully use amarok-2.2.0 with mysql-5.0.84-r1?
> >
> > Sort of.
> >
> > > I get errors like this whenever amarok updates the collection:
> > >
> > > amarok:          [ERROR!] GREPME MySQL query failed! No database
> > >  selected  on "INSERT INTO images SELECT * FROM images_temp;"
> >
> > Not here. Sometimes the collection gets screwed up a little, but I do not
> > get any output when re-scanning the collection.
> >
> > > $ eix -e amarok
> > >      Installed versions:  2.2.0(4)(20:08:42 15/11/09)(cdda ipod
> > >  linguas_en_GB mp3tunes mtp opengl semantic-desktop -aqua -daap -debug
> > >  -lastfm -linguas_bg - linguas_ca -linguas_cs -linguas_da -linguas_de
> > >  -linguas_es -linguas_et - linguas_eu -linguas_fi -linguas_fr
> > >  -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_km - linguas_nb -linguas_nds
> > >  -linguas_nl -linguas_pa -linguas_pl -linguas_pt - linguas_pt_BR
> > >  -linguas_ru -linguas_sl -linguas_sr -linguas_sr@latin - linguas_sv
> > >  -linguas_th -linguas_tr -linguas_uk -linguas_wa -linguas_zh_TW)
> >
> >                           2.2.0(4)(10:58:59 10.10.2009)(linguas_de opengl
> > semantic-desktop -aqua -cdda -daap -debug -ipod -lastfm -linguas_bg -
> > linguas_ca -linguas_cs -linguas_da -linguas_en_GB -linguas_es -linguas_et
> > -linguas_eu -linguas_fi -linguas_fr -linguas_it -linguas_ja -linguas_km -
> > linguas_nb -linguas_nds -linguas_nl -linguas_pa -linguas_pl -linguas_pt -
> > linguas_pt_BR -linguas_ru -linguas_sl -linguas_sr -linguas_sr@latin -
> > linguas_sv -linguas_th -linguas_tr -linguas_uk -linguas_wa -linguas_zh_TW
> > -mp3tunes -mtp)
> >
> > > $ eix -e mysql
> > >      Installed versions:  5.0.84-r1(04:18:46 14/11/09)(community
> > >  embedded perl ssl -berkdb -big-tables -cluster -debug -extraengine
> > >  -latin1 -max-idx-128 - minimal -profiling -selinux -static)
> >
> >      Installed versions:  5.0.84-r1(15:58:02 12.11.2009)(berkdb community
> > embedded perl ssl -big-tables -cluster -debug -extraengine -latin1 -max-
> > idx-128 -minimal -profiling -selinux -static)
>
> <sigh>
>
> My stuff is similar to yours and Volker's, didn't work with mysqle.
>
> Even tried downgrading binutils, which fixed one error and revealed
>  another.
>
> I have now made a decision. I was a faithful amarok user for 5 years. In
>  the kde-3.5 days it worked flawlessly and never gave a day's trouble. The
>  switch to KDE-4 has been fraught with problems from day 1 - all the decent
>  features went away, then the devs spent two years fiddling with the gui
>  while the palyer didn't *actually* play music (gee whizz, whodathunkedit?
>  That a user might actually play music on his media player). Then the
>  monumental cock-up with MySQL and -fPIC, the jumping through hoops that
>  caused with every single distro out there, mysql-5.1.* is still not in the
>  tree un-hardmasked, and now this crap.
>
> Amarok, it was nice knowing you. One day you might build and play music
>  again on all sane systems out there. Meanwhile, I think I want to hear
>  songs play so some other player is going on this machine and you are
>  coming off.
>
> Bye bye now, and don't bump your head on the door when you leave.
>

qmmp
is nice
alsaplayer
is my favorite for 'keep it simple'