> Sorry for bumping this - I am a new poster, and the
original had such
> garbled formatting as to be unreadable. Here is a new
version with line
> breaks:
>
> I am new to Ubuntu, and thus unsure about whether this is
the correct
> forum. I have moved this post from the general Ubuntu
forum:
>
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1852901 .
I hope this is
> according to etiquette.
>
> I was eager to try out Banshee 2.2, but could not find it
in the Banshee
> ppa. So I downloaded the source from the Banshee website,
and installed
> it on my machine using ./configure; make; sudo
checkinstall. I had to
> run each command several times to get all the necessary
dependencies
> (dev-libs) installed. I also try to compile and install the
banshee-2.2
> community extensions, but the install failed, so I gave up.
>
> I subscribe to the banshee ppa, and when running sudo
apt-get
> dist-upgrade it automatically downloaded and installed
banshee 2.2.1.
> There were several error messages during the install
(sorry, I do not
> know where to find the install log - will post if you can
direct me to
> where it is). Now, banshee crashes upon launch, with the
following message:
>
> [code]
>
> michael@ubuntu:~$ banshee
> [Info 13:08:03.772] Running Banshee 2.2.0: [Ubuntu 11.04
(linux-gnu,
> i686) @ 2011-09-27 10:02:56 UTC]
> Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.
> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has
been thrown
> by the target of an invocation. --->
System.InvalidOperationException:
> Could not read add-in description
> at Mono.Addins.Addin.get_Description () [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
> at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.CheckHostAssembly
> (System.Reflection.Assembly asm) [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
> at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.ActivateRoots ()
[0x00000] in
> <filename unknown>:0
> at Mono.Addins.AddinSessionService.Initialize () [0x00000]
in <filename
> unknown>:0
> at Mono.Addins.AddinManager.Initialize (System.String
configDir)
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
> at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.InitializeAddins ()
[0x00000] in
> <filename unknown>:0
> at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DefaultInitialize ()
[0x00000] in
> <filename unknown>:0
> at Banshee.ServiceStack.Application.Initialize () [0x00000]
in <filename
> unknown>:0
> at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Initialize (Boolean
registerCommonServices)
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
> at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor (Boolean
initializeDefault,
> System.String defaultIconName) [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
> at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient..ctor () [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
> at Nereid.Client..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename
unknown>:0
> 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] in
<filename unknown>:0
> --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
> at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj,
BindingFlags
> invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder,
System.Object[] parameters,
> System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
> at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags
invokeAttr,
> System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[]
parameters,
> System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
> at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke
(System.Object[] parameters)
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
> at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type,
Boolean nonPublic)
> [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
> at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type)
[0x00000] in
> <filename unknown>:0
> at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in
<filename unknown>:0
> at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup
> (Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00000] in
<filename
> unknown>:0
> Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG):
failed to retrieve
> property `GtkWidget::link-color' of type `GdkColor' from rc
file value
> "((GString*) 0x9326ba0)" of type `GString'
> Gtk-Message: (for origin information, set GTK_DEBUG):
failed to retrieve
> property `GtkWidget::link-color' of type `GdkColor' from rc
file value
> "((GString*) 0x93dfcb0)" of type `GString'
>
> [/code]
>
> I have tried removing the app (using both complete removal
in Synaptic,
> and autoremove) and reinstalling. Now, the install gives
fewer error
> messages, though still the message:
>
> [code]
> Udpakker banshee-extension-soundmenu (fra
>
.../banshee-extension-soundmenu_2.2.0-1ubuntu2~hyper1+natty_i386.deb)...
> Behandler udløsere for shared-mime-info ...
> Unknown media type in type 'virtual/bluedevil-input'
> Unknown media type in type 'virtual/bluedevil-audio'
> Unknown media type in type 'virtual/bluedevil-sendfile'
> Unknown media type in type 'all/all'
> Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt'
> Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu'
> Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'
> Behandler udløsere for bamfdaemon ...
> Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
> Behandler udløsere for desktop-file-utils ...
> Behandler udløsere for python-gmenu ...
> Rebuilding
/usr/share/applications/desktop.da_DK.utf8.cache...
> Behandler udløsere for hicolor-icon-theme ...
> Behandler udløsere for menu ...
> Behandler udløsere for man-db ...
> Behandler udløsere for python-support ...
> Sætter banshee (2.2.0-1ubuntu2~hyper1+natty) op...
> Sætter banshee-extension-soundmenu
(2.2.0-1ubuntu2~hyper1+natty) op...
> Behandler udløsere for menu ...
>
> [/code]
>
> Reinstalling does not solve the problem, and I cannot run
banshee
> anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
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