Re: [Banshee-List] How to run Bashee-1-1.4.3

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On 03/11/2009 01:05 PM, atio wrote:
> I have download the source code of bashee-1-1.4.3 into my ubuntu 8.04. After
> a fix all the dependencies issues, I finally able to get it to :
> - ./configure --disable-ipod    successfully (under the root)
> - make install                       successfully (under the root)
>
> But I don't know how to run the program.
> go to the bin directory, I see Banshee.exe, trying to run using
> ./Banshee.exe, I get err:
> Unhandled Exception: System.Exception: Unable to open the session message
> bus. --->  System.ArgumentNullException: Argument cannot be null.
> Parameter name: address
>    at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000]
>    at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000] --- End of inner exception
> stack trace ---
>
>    at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000]
>    at
> Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusConnection.get_ApplicationInstanceAlreadyRunning ()
> [0x00000]
>    at Booter.Booter.Main () [0x00000]
>
>
> What did I do wrong?

I agree with Chow Loong Jin that you should be using the PPA.  That 
being said, given the way you configured/installed banshee, the correct 
way to run it is with `/usr/local/bin/banshee-1`.

Sandy