Re: [Banshee-List] Multiple instances of banshee

[Torsten Andre <qa takb net>]

precipitous wrote:
> If it is of any help to you, I have noticed two similar behaviors with my
> installation of Banshee. I am running the latest Git Master on an Ubuntu
> Karmic machine, and have had a problem with Banshee launching anytime I am
> doing anything in the terminal that references it. For instance, If I am
> downloading the latest Git Master, or installing it, Banshee launches. If I
> am installing a new build of a plugin (such as the Lyric Plugin), Banshee
> launches. If I close Banshee it opens right back up. I have also noticed
> that occasionally, when I start Banshee - two instances of the application
> will open simultaneously. Everything works fine. It is more of an annoyance
> than anything else.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
> 
> Bertrand Lorentz wrote:
>> On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 15:24 +0100, Torsten Andre wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ----
>>> 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.
>> This message shows the problem : something is wrong wih d-bus on your
>> system. Maybe the session bus is not started or it's not setup properly.
>>
>> Banshee uses d-bus to check if there's already an instance of itself
>> running. So I guess that if you fix your d-bus issue, Banshee would
>> behave as you expect.
>>
>> -- 
>> Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com>
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> 
Thanks for the advice. It may be helpful.