Ubuntu
amarok package

Amarok Crashes Entire System

Bug #181289 reported by Dan Quade
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: amarok, ntfs-3g

This nasty bug occurs when Amarok has been open for (lets say 30 minutes) without playing any music (either stopped or paused). When resuming the playback it usually (but not always) continues normally... until it loads the next song on the playlist (only tested with dynamic random playlist). At that point the entire system freezes with an annoying tone coming from the speakers.
Therefore every time this happens there is a risk of losing all data on the ext3 partitions. This is a very dangerous bug and should be marked with high priority!

Some details about the machine where I've tested this:
Kubuntu 7.10 / 64bit
Amarok 1.4.8 on KDE 3.5.8
MySQL 14.12 Distrib 5.0.45

See original description
Dan Quade (danquade)
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description: updated
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Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov) wrote :

Thank you for filing this bug. Could you test this using Kubuntu Hardy? Or on 32-bit?
Do you experience any freezes running other multimedia, especially using xine, such as kaffeine?

Changed in amarok:
status: New → Incomplete
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Dan Quade (danquade) wrote :

Since I have posted this bug, I have done some other tests.
I have figured out that this is actually NOT an Amarok issue.
The problem is caused due to somekind of SATA controller incompatibility. It is happening it other programs too, but was triggered by Amarok most often due to its intense hard drive operations.

I have submitted a bug report of the problem that is causing this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ntfs-3g/+bug/198533

Thank you for your reply, and keep up the good work.

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Lydia Pintscher (lydia-pintscher) wrote :

Thank you.
Marking as invalid.
I hope the other bug can get fixed.

Changed in amarok:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Yuriy Kozlov (yuriy-kozlov) wrote :

Thanks for the update, I am closing this bug. Please report any other bugs you find.

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