[Bug 89711] amarok hangs on start

[Corey Shields]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: amarok

Fresh install of Kubuntu Feisty Fawn, herd 5, i386 on an AMD Athlon64
FX-53 (yes, purposefully running i386)  ;)

When amarok starts, the playlist window is displayed but frozen
(sometimes the entire display gets drawn, sometimes just artifacts).
Icon is displayed as a "busy" when hovering over the window, and nothing
else happens.

dpkg -l "amarok*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  amarok         1.4.5-0ubuntu5 versatile and easy to use audio player for K
un  amarok-engine  <none>         (no description available)
un  amarok-engines <none>         (no description available)
ii  amarok-xine    1.4.5-0ubuntu5 xine engine for the amaroK audio player

I have an strace output of amarokapp (~2.2meg) at:
http://staff.osuosl.org/~cshields/amarok-strace-out.txt

Let me know if I can help in any way here.

Cheers!

** Affects: amarok (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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amarok hangs on start
https://launchpad.net/bugs/89711