[Banshee-List] Multiple instances of banshee

[Torsten Andre <qa takb net>]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to write a script to be able to handle banshee from the command
line and noticed that whenever I query some information from banshee, a
new banshee instance is started. Therefore, it is impossible to query
any information using the command line. If I'm not mistaken, this
behavior is new. If I recall correctly, when I first installed banshee
some time ago, I was able to query for the current track or whatever.

Beneath I posted the output when starting banshee including the my
Debian version, though it is not sid but squeeze. Can someone reproduce
this behavior? I'm sorry if this has been posted before, though my
search in the forum archive and bug tracking system did not bring up any
results. I'm actually not running the gnome desktop, only some programs
which I'd like to use, e.g. banshee.

Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Torsten

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Here the output starting banshee:


[Info  15:16:24.732] Running Banshee 1.5.1: [Debian GNU/Linux unstable
(sid) (linux-gnu, i486) @ 2009-10-14 18:26:16 UTC]

(/usr/lib/banshee-1/Banshee.exe:4554): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname()
called multiple times
[Warn  15:16:24.964] DBus support could not be started. Disabling for
this session.
[Warn  15:16:25.723] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings
Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at
Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize
() [0x00000]
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension
(Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000]
[Warn  15:16:25.724] Extension
`Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support
GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Warn  15:16:25.763] Caught an exception - No support GNOME Settings
Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at
Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize
() [0x00000]
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension
(Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000]
[Warn  15:16:25.764] Extension
`Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support
GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Info  15:16:25.765] All services are started 0,799405s
[Warn  15:16:26.342] IScreensaverManager extension failed to load -
Argument cannot be null.
Parameter name: address (in `NDesk.DBus')
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.Open (System.String address) [0x00000]
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000]
Unable to open the session message bus. (in `NDesk.DBus')
  at NDesk.DBus.Bus.get_Session () [0x00000]
  at Banshee.GnomeBackend.GnomeScreensaverManager.get_Manager () [0x00000]
  at Banshee.GnomeBackend.GnomeScreensaverManager..ctor () [0x00000]
  at (wrapper managed-to-native)
System.Reflection.MonoCMethod:InternalInvoke
(object,object[],System.Exception&)
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000]
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (in `mscorlib')
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture)
[0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr,
System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000]
  at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[]
parameters) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean
nonPublic) [0x00000]
  at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode.CreateInstance () [0x00000]
  at Mono.Addins.InstanceExtensionNode.CreateInstance (System.Type
expectedType) [0x00000]
  at Banshee.PlatformServices.ScreensaverManager..ctor () [0x00000]
[Info  15:16:27.045] nereid Client Started