Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Paul Shirren]

Peter Williams wrote:
> I went to the above mentioned link and found this webpage:
> 
> http://keysigning.org/event/lca2009

Don't worry about the keysigning Peter. That is for developers attending 
the conference.

The Open Day is on Saturday 24th January at the University of Tasmania, 
Sandy Bay campus. It is free and open to the general public if you are 
interested.

Still waiting for details on the start and finish time. When there is 
more info it will probably appear here: 
http://linux.conf.au/programme/open_day

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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hi Dave and Everyone,

2009/1/7 Dave Hall 

> Hi,
>
> I am not sure if you are aware that linux.conf.au will be in Hobart
> later this month.  This is one of the best Linux conferences around -
> although it is quite technical.
>
> If you can't afford the time (or ticket price)  you should try to make
> it along to the openday - see
> http://linux.conf.au/programme/about_programme#OpenDay
>

I went to the above mentioned link and found this webpage:

http://keysigning.org/event/lca2009

quote from the website
---

This keysigning will use the
'Sassaman-Projected'
method, which is well suited to large groups.

*Getting Ready*

To participate in the LCA 2009 keysigning you will need to submit your
public key prior to *2009-01-16 16:00:00*. NB: that's according to the
system time of this server, which is currently 2009-01-07 01:20:30. It's *
not* relative to your local time.

The simplest way to do this is to export your public key in ascii-armored
format and email it to 'lca2009-k...@keysigning.org'. On a typical Linux
system you can do this by typing:

gpg --export-options export-minimal --export -a *KeyID* | mail -s
"keysigning" lca2009-k...@keysigning.org

where *KeyID* is actually your unique key ID, something like '64011A8B'.

After your key has been processed and added to the event keyring you will
receive an email confirmation.

Further instructions will be posted here closer to the event.

*Keys accepted into the event keyring:* check this
listto see if your key has
been added. The list is updated in real time.
---
Now please bear in mind that I'm still a Mint Ubuntu newbie... I'm using
Gnome Desktop 2.22.3.

I eventually worked out that I needed to do was select the menu:
Applications / System Tools / Terminal Program - Super



> I am not sure about the Mint crew, but there will be people from
> Australian Ubuntu community.  There will also be other projects and
> distros represented at the open day.  It might be a good chance for you
> to meet some more local Linux geeks.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:43 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> >
> > Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*
> >
> > & thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*
> >
> >
> > 2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> >
> > Peter Williams wrote:
> > To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my
> > Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost
> > perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> > GRIN**!!!
> >
> >
> > Well done.
> >
> > Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint
> > and Ubuntu are two separate projects with their own
> > developers, forums and mailing lists.
> >
> > Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its
> > correct name; "Mint Linux".
> >
> > I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the
> > Mint Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems
> > to be quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not
> > that I'm objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of
> > information and facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing
> > the Mint Linux project -- well, it's information overload!! Too much
> > for me to know where to begin looking. *SIGH*
> >
> > Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many
> > different computer systems over my life... since I was a young
> > teenager (or even younger!). Our family's first computer was a
> > Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM
> > expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually, it was a pretty good machine -- it
> > had a 6502 processor and it communicated with peripherals with a
> > IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user port' !!! It was
> > amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was Commodore PET
> > BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of BASIC
> > programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
> > powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! -
> > e.g. circa the 1970's ]
> >
> >
> >
> > We are all in the same big happy open source family but there
> > are issues
> > of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by
> > Canonical
> > and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure
> > the Mint
> > people are proud of their work and feel the same.
> >
> >
> > Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS -
> > although it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people
> > at Canonical are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ###
> > HAPPY GRIN ###
> >
> >
> > Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> >

Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Dave Hall]

Hi,

I am not sure if you are aware that linux.conf.au will be in Hobart
later this month.  This is one of the best Linux conferences around -
although it is quite technical.  

If you can't afford the time (or ticket price)  you should try to make
it along to the openday - see
http://linux.conf.au/programme/about_programme#OpenDay

I am not sure about the Mint crew, but there will be people from
Australian Ubuntu community.  There will also be other projects and
distros represented at the open day.  It might be a good chance for you
to meet some more local Linux geeks.

Cheers

Dave

On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 18:43 +1100, Peter Williams wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*
> 
> & thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*
> 
> 
> 2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> 
> Peter Williams wrote:
> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my
> Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS is now working almost
> perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> GRIN**!!!
> 
> 
> Well done.
> 
> Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint
> and Ubuntu are two separate projects with their own
> developers, forums and mailing lists.
> 
> Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its
> correct name; "Mint Linux". 
> 
> I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the
> Mint Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems
> to be quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not
> that I'm objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of
> information and facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing
> the Mint Linux project -- well, it's information overload!! Too much
> for me to know where to begin looking. *SIGH*
> 
> Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many
> different computer systems over my life... since I was a young
> teenager (or even younger!). Our family's first computer was a
> Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM
> expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually, it was a pretty good machine -- it
> had a 6502 processor and it communicated with peripherals with a
> IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user port' !!! It was
> amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was Commodore PET
> BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of BASIC
> programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
> powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! -
> e.g. circa the 1970's ]
>  
> 
> 
> We are all in the same big happy open source family but there
> are issues
> of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by
> Canonical
> and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure
> the Mint
> people are proud of their work and feel the same.
> 
> 
> Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS -
> although it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people
> at Canonical are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ###
> HAPPY GRIN ### 
>  
> 
> Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint
> (Elyssa) ones.
> 
> 
> I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding
> that Ubuntu and Mint are two separate projects.
> 
> Yes, it probably is!!! (SMILE). I'll admit that I'm still a newbie
> beginner at Mint Linux; although I'll admit that I've been 'learning'
> Linux for more than one year!!! I'm just happy to get help from the
> those wonderfully clever and friendly Linux users!!!
>  
> 
> I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace
> suspension and engine parts with Mazda parts but other would
> have been to Ford specs. A person in that situation might ask
> about after market accessories on a Mazda forum and get
> friendly and useful advice but might also get completely
> misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.
> 
> That's an interesting analogy, and I think I understand. Thanks for
> that. #SMILE#
> 
> Yours Sincerely, 
> PEW - poet, computer geek, amiable human being and Christian 
> 
> -- 
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS 
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
> 
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
> http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
> 
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about
> it.)



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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hello Everyone (I'm doing a reply to all - for this email) *SMILE*

& thank you Paul, for your nice email. *GRIN*


2009/1/4 Paul Shirren 

> Hi Peter,
>
> Peter Williams wrote:
>
>> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa)
>> OS is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
>> GRIN**!!!
>>
>
> Well done.
>
> Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint and Ubuntu are
> two separate projects with their own developers, forums and mailing lists.


Okay, I will try to keep that in mind and refer to my OS by its correct
name; "Mint Linux".

I get quite a bit confused about its correct name. I think that the Mint
Linux ppl also call it Ubuntu Mint Linux etc etc. :-) There seems to be
quite a lot of jargon & buzz-words etc involved for the OS { Not that I'm
objecting! SMILE }. Also, I find that the sheer volume of information and
facts, knowledge and 'wisdom' of the Gurus developing the Mint Linux project
-- well, it's *information overload!! **Too much for me to know where to
begin looking*. *SIGH*

Note: I'm still only a Linux Newbie although I've used many many different
computer systems over my life... since I was a young teenager (or even
younger!). Our family's first computer was a Commodore PET (Personal
Electronic Transactor) with 16 KB of RAM expandable to 32KB RAM. Actually,
it was a pretty good machine -- it had a 6502 processor and it communicated
with peripherals with a IEEE-488 port and also had a programmable 'user
port' !!! It was amazing!!! And also very powerful. Actually, it's OS was
Commodore PET BASIC which was written by Micro$oft! and was a combination of
BASIC programming language with DOS commands included also!!! It was
powerful but it bit tricky to learn!!!   [ THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! - e.g.
circa the 1970's ]


>
>
> We are all in the same big happy open source family but there are issues
> of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by Canonical
> and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure the Mint
> people are proud of their work and feel the same.
>

Thank you for explaining that. I'm very very pleased with my OS - although
it still has its little querks (spelling?!). The nice people at Canonical
are amazingly clever and I admire and thank them ### HAPPY GRIN ###


 Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones.
>

I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding that Ubuntu and
> Mint are two separate projects.
>

Yes, it probably is!!! (SMILE). I'll admit that I'm *still a newbie beginner
* at Mint Linux; although I'll admit that I've been 'learning' Linux for
more than one year!!! I'm just happy to get help from the those wonderfully
clever and friendly Linux users!!!


>
> I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace suspension and
> engine parts with Mazda parts but other would have been to Ford specs. A
> person in that situation might ask about after market accessories on a Mazda
> forum and get friendly and useful advice but might also get completely
> misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.
>

That's an interesting analogy, and I think I understand. Thanks for that. *
#SMILE#*

Yours Sincerely,
PEW - poet, computer geek, amiable human being and Christian

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Re: SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Paul Shirren]

Hi Peter,

Peter Williams wrote:
> To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint 
> (Elyssa) OS is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY
> GRIN**!!!

Well done.

Can you please not refer to Mint Linux as Ubuntu Mint. Mint and Ubuntu 
are two separate projects with their own developers, forums and mailing 
lists.

We are all in the same big happy open source family but there are issues
of branding and trademark. The Ubuntu trademark is owned by Canonical
and I am sure they would not want it to be diluted. I am sure the Mint
people are proud of their work and feel the same.

> Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were
> pointing to Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones.

I don't know if this is a consequence of not understanding that Ubuntu 
and Mint are two separate projects.

I had a Ford made by Mazda. You could probably replace suspension and 
engine parts with Mazda parts but other would have been to Ford specs. A 
person in that situation might ask about after market accessories on a 
Mazda forum and get friendly and useful advice but might also get 
completely misleading advice if Ford had changed the spec on some parts.

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SOLVED !!! Re: Help!!! Music player Amarok has error about "DCOP communications"

[Peter Williams]

Hi Fellow Ubuntu Folk :-)))

Just a quickie to say... I've fixed my problems with Amarok music player &
also some other problems too.

### Problem SOLVED !!! ###

I ended up doing lots of things... & I'm not exactly sure which thing I did
actually worked !!! *SMILE*

One thing I did was to reboot to a Gnome terminal shell (not sure if that's
exactly the correct term). And I used the command (which I found one a
Ubuntu help website)

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restartsudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

Then I discovered that the repositories were wrong!!! The were pointing to
Ubuntu repositories instead of Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) ones. I used the Package
Manager to change them to Mint one's. Actually I managed get them all wrong!
E.g I had Mint 8 Repositories in the Package Manager... but they were not
correct.

SO ... I reboots and chose the Mint Recovery mode. And I then chose all 3
options for fixing problems!!! One of the boot up recovery options was to
fix the broken repositories... and I did that.

To my great happiness (poor wording, I know!!!) - my Ubuntu Mint (Elyssa) OS
is now working almost perfectly!!! *BIG SMILE & HAPPY GRIN**!!!

So now Ubuntu Amarok seems to work fine!

Yours with Love,
PEW

signing off from North Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


2009/1/4 Peter Williams 

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Firstly, I'll like to wish everybody here a sincerely Happy New Year for
> 2009 and all "Yuletide Seasons Greetings" *BIG HAPPY SMILE!!!*
>
> Okay.. here's my problem. I'm using Linux Mint Operating System & I think
> that its great!!! I also use Amarok music player and I have a lot of music
> files which I've 'ripped' from my music cds which I own. I returned home
> yesterday afternoon (3rd January 2009) from having a great holiday with my
> mum & dad in Victor Harbour, South Australia.
>
> My dad has a new computer system and he uses M$ Windowz XP Professional OS.
> He's having quite a few problems with it -- but I've tried to help him.
> *SMILE*
>
> Anyway... last night I switched on my computer and started Amarok (latest
> version, I think). And I had my computer play music thru' my Dell brand 2 x
> speakers and "harmon/kardon" sub-woofer (which I have from my old Dell
> computer I purchased many years ago).
>
> I was succesfully able to play music thru my speakers and subwoofer...
> while I was in bed sleeping. It was very pleasant!!! :-)))
>
> However, Amarok had some message about not being about to do something
> because "dcopserver" was not there!?!?!?
>
> Question: What Do I need to do on my computer to make Amarok work again?
>
> This morning (Sunday, 4th Jan 2009) I rebooted my pc a few times... then I
> rebooted into the recovery mode. And fixed some things. It seemed to improve
> some things.
>
> I then used the menu on the screen "System / Administration / Synaptic
> Package Manager" and I think I found the correct files to install the
> "dcopserver" and also some files for Amarok's "libvisual" thing! I then let
> Synaptic Package Manager do it's thing... And it downloaded and installed
> something! (I don't really understand what!)
>
> Anyway I've switched off my pc and rebooted it etc.
>
> Now when I try to start Amarok it does not start and I get a window with
> the following error message:
>
> Amarok Error Message
> 
>
> DCOP communications error (Amarok)
>
> There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The
> message returned by the system was:
>
> Could not open network socket
>
> Please check that the "dcopsever" program is running!
>
> [OK] button
>
> nb - I will happily provide extra 'system specs' or details if requested...
> but I'll admit that I don't really understand what type of computer it is. I
> know that it is quite new and I really like my pc... but I don't really
> understand what processor speed or whatever it has!!! :-)
>
> It's rate myself as still a beginner at learning and using Linux Ubuntu
> Mint OS -- even thro' I've been using Linux Mint since sometime last year.
>
> also... I don't like using the 'terminal' console command ... because it's
> new and I don't really understand how it works. *SMILE* I'll use the
> terminal command line when I need to... but I don't really like it :-)
>
> *Yours PEW -- a little bit baffled as to why my favourite music player,
> Amarok, is not working!!!  *SMILE*
> *
> *from North Hobart, Tasmania.
> *
> --
> Fond Regards,
> Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS
> from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03) 6236-9675
>
> My free website is: http://pewtas.googlepages.com  (or)
> http://tinyurl.com/yuyejs
>
> (please visit my free website and let me know what you think about it.)
>



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