On Sat, June 9, 2007 11:15 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > 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 :) FWIW: I've been using audacious for awhile now as a replacement for XMMS, and it seems to work okay for me. It does take FOREVER to time out when an MP3 link goes bad, though, and it's easier to kill it than to wait... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
