On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 23:33 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 16:36 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote: > >> Are you using Amarok on Windows, Linux, or other? I have Amarok > >> 1.3.1 on KDE 3.4.2 on Mandriva 2006.0 Community on 2.6.12-12mdksmp on > >> an i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz w/ 1GB RAM on a desk with a > >> bunch of crap on it, and all it does is crash for me. I use Totem > >> instead, occasionally using xine for audio, and usually for video > >> (different subject). Just wondering how stable Amarok is for you. > > > > I'm running Amarok 1.4.3 (using KDE 3.5.5) on Ubuntu 6.10 (I'm actually > > a Gnome user). I used Mandrake up till 10.0, I'll never go back. My > > desktop is an Athlon 2400 with 2 gigs of memory (though consumption > > rarely goes past half gig unless I'm running several VMWare OSes at the > > same time). I started using it about 3 days ago, I've had a few crashes, > > but mostly when doing something major like re-scanning my collection > > (8000+). Had no trouble grabbing covers, creating playlists, editing > > 100s of tags within Amarok, etc. Only complaint really is that it's pig > > slow when switching to or sorting columns on large playlists (well the > > whole 8000 heheh). > > I'm a Mandriva dev and would have to say that if you've not used it for > a while I think you'll be pleasently surprised these days. It's come a > long, long way since 10.0! > > Also the older Amarok run by Daniel is faily unstable (I'm also a bit of > a KDE dev when I get a mo'!) is fairly old and bug ridden. Whatever your > distro, I'd upgrade your Amarok to the latest stable for the best > experience. FWIW, if you add your sources correctly you can just urpmi > your 2006.0 machine to 2007.1 relatively easily. I've done it on several > machines now (a couple of them remotely!). FYI, after a few days of using Amarok I've found it to be extremely prone to hanging. To try and correct the problem I downloaded the latest stable source (1.4.5) and built it myself. Still hanging all over the place (simple selection of new mp3, re-arranging queued songs, etc). It also appears to keep NFS file handles open (possibly with locks) since my NFS hung a few times after it died and I had to force an unmount. Definitely not NFS itself, I've transferred 100s of gigs over months of uptime without a problem... only seen it hang on an Amarok hang (more than once now). Anyways, I'll keep giving it a go, I created a wrapper script when starting it up now that checks the process list and kills all related Amarok processes before relaunching... makes it a little more bearable). BTW, I know this isn't your issue or anything Colin, just passing along my experience for Dan :) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
