I was happy to discover earlier today that Ubuntu 9.04 includes Amarok 2. But once I figured out how to queue up some music (which took a little time), I realized that nothing would play.
This was the standard output when I ran it from the command line:
balleyne@balleyne-laptop:~$ amarok
amarok(14270) Phonon::KdePlatformPlugin::createBackend: using backend: "GStreamer"
Object::connect: No such slot MainWindow::showStatistics() in /build/buildd/amarok-2.0.2mysql5.1.30/amarok-2.0.2/src/MainWindow.cpp:692
Object::connect: (receiver name: 'MainWindow')
QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to MainWindow "MainWindow", which already has a layout
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
QWidget::insertAction: Attempt to insert null action
amarok(14270) Plasma::Applet::save: saving to "1"
amarok(14270) Context::ContextView::setContainment: "" Line: 599
amarok(14270) Plasma::ThemePrivate::config: using theme for app "amarok"
amarok(14270) Plasma::Applet::save: saving to "2"
amarok(14270) Plasma::Applet::save: saving to "3"
amarok(14270) Plasma::Applet::save: saving to "4"
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) Context::ColumnContainment::insertInGrid: "" Line: 603
amarok(14270) Context::ColumnContainment::insertInGrid: "" Line: 603
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
Object::connect: No such slot FileBrowser::Widget::setDir( const QString& ) in /build/buildd/amarok-2.0.2mysql5.1.30/amarok-2.0.2/src/browsers/filebrowser/FileBrowser.cpp:112
Object::connect: (sender name: 'KBookmarkHandler')
Object::connect: (receiver name: 'FileBrowser::Widget')
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
link XMLID_7_ hasn't been detected!
Couldn't resolve property: radialGradient3986
balleyne@balleyne-laptop:~$ amarok(14270) MagnatuneConfig::load: load
QPainter::begin: Cannot paint on a null pixmap
QPainter::begin: Cannot paint on a null pixmap
QPainter::begin: Cannot paint on a null pixmap
QPainter::begin: Cannot paint on a null pixmap
QPainter::begin: Cannot paint on a null pixmap
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) CoverFetcher::CoverFetcher: ""
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok - No track playing., 0:00
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
amarok(14270) Context::ContextView::clear: "" Line: 165
amarok(14270) Context::ContextView::clear: "" Line: 165
amarok(14270) Context::ContextView::clear: "" Line: 165
amarok(14270) Context::ContextView::clear: "" Line: 165
amarok(14270) CoverFetcher::~CoverFetcher: ""
The “QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok – No track playing., 0:00” seemed to be the problem. I found the solution from Xavier Merino:
sudo apt-get install phonon-backend-xine
I restarted Amarok and now it works fine.
Update: People are reporting mixed results in the comments. This fix doesn’t work for everyone. Let me know if you become aware of a better solution and I’ll update here.
Another suggestion is sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg
19 thoughts on “Solution: Amarok Won’t Play Anything After An Upgrade To Ubuntu 9.04”
I’m sorry to say this fix did not work for me. apt indicated that the package you listed was already the current version. I tried –reinstall and still has the problem.
hmm… are you getting the same errors in your Amarok output? What about apt-get purge and apt-get install?
dude thx man I’ve been trying to figure that out for like a week now and it finally occured to me to run through terminal to see was was going on. But anyway, that worked for me thanks again buddy.
thanks man. worked 4 me
I purged phonon and reinstalled. It told me I had to reinstall amarok as well. Nothing changed
I tried the above fix, but it didn’t work for me. Amarok will not work at all in Ubuntu 9.04. I am frustrated. Anyone out there have the solution for this? Thanks in advance.
I’m having a similar problem in xubuntu 9.04. Amarok starts up and runs fine, but wont play anything. I get the following errors in the terminal:
QString::arg: Argument missing: Amarok – No track playing., 0:00
amarok(15180) CurrentTrack::dataUpdated: CurrentTrack::dataUpdated
I did the apt-get for phonon-backend-xine and found I’m already running the latest version.
I’m all out of ideas… any advise would be great!
hmmm… a quick Google search came up with another suggested missing package. For those who have phonon-backend-xine and still have the problem, what about `sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg`?
Thanks Blaise… It worked now…
Same here, installing libxine1-ffmpeg fixed my problem. I wonder why this package wasn’t included when I installed Amarok?
I have followed all those suggested steps and I still have the same problem 🙁
Works great for me!
Thank’s!
This worked like a charm for me too.
Worked for me, I’m running Windows XP with andLinux (KDE version Jaunty based).
Yay! amarok at work!
with ffmpg works, thx!
Hi guy !
The second suggestion worked fine for me on Ubuntu 9.04
Thank you so much and ..a big Ciao from Italy !
Hello. I was having this problem using Jolicloud (alpha), which is an Ubuntu variant. I first tried to apt-get install phonon-backend-xine, and that didn’t work, but then I tried apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg and that worked: I quit amarok and restarted it, and now the music plays. Many thanks.
Same issue of of no music output from amarok.9.01 Ubuntu
uninstalled “sudo apt-get purge amarok
re installed “sudo apt-get install amarok
now it plays………..go figure!
Yeah tried the phonon bit but was already installed.
ffmpeg worked fine