Banshee Quits Unexpectedly

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Applications
1

Launching banshee and going to Help> About quits immediately without errors.

This is the output from terminal:

stefano@linux-pc:/usr/bin> ./banshee
[Info 00:26:34.999] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2012-09-27 23:34:09 UTC]
[Info 00:26:35.917] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info 00:26:35.993] All services are started 0.815795
[Info 00:26:36.358] AmazonMP3 store redirect URL: http://integrated-services.banshee.fm/amz/redirect.do/
[Info 00:26:36.605] nereid Client Started
[Info 00:26:36.657] GStreamer version 0.10.35.0, gapless: True, replaygain: False
Marshaling activate signal
Exception in Gtk# callback delegate
Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManager.UnhandledException to handle the exception.
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. —> System.TypeInitializationException: An exception was thrown by the type initializer for Banshee.Base.ProductInformation —> System.Xml.XmlException: ‘control’ is expected Line 52, position 33.
at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.Expect (System.String expected) [0x00000] in :0
at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.ReadEndTag () [0x00000] in :0
at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.ReadContent () [0x00000] in :0
at Mono.Xml2.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNodeCore (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNodeCore (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNodeCore (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNodeCore (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.ReadNode (System.Xml.XmlReader reader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load (System.Xml.XmlReader xmlReader) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml (System.String xml) [0x00000] in :0
at Banshee.Base.ProductInformation.LoadTranslators () [0x00000] in :0
at Banshee.Base.ProductInformation…cctor () [0x00000] in :0
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at Banshee.Gui.Dialogs.AboutDialog…ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at Banshee.Gui.GlobalActions.OnAbout (System.Object o, System.EventArgs args) [0x00000] in :0
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke (object,object[],System.Exception&)
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in :0
— End of inner exception stack trace —
at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Reflection.MethodBase.Invoke (System.Object obj, System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in :0
at System.MulticastDelegate.DynamicInvokeImpl (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in :0
at System.Delegate.DynamicInvoke (System.Object[] args) [0x00000] in :0
at GLib.Signal.ClosureInvokedCB (System.Object o, GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000] in :0
at GLib.SignalClosure.Invoke (GLib.ClosureInvokedArgs args) [0x00000] in :0
at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback (IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data) [0x00000] in :0
at GLib.ExceptionManager.RaiseUnhandledException(System.Exception e, Boolean is_terminal)
at GLib.SignalClosure.MarshalCallback(IntPtr raw_closure, IntPtr return_val, UInt32 n_param_vals, IntPtr param_values, IntPtr invocation_hint, IntPtr marshal_data)
at Gtk.Application.gtk_main()
at Gtk.Application.Run()
at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Run()
at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup()
at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup(Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup)
at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup()
at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup(System.String[] args)
at Nereid.Client.Main(System.String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(System.Reflection.Assembly , System.String[] )
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssemblyInternal(System.Reflection.Assembly a, System.String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(System.String assemblyFile, System.Security.Policy.Evidence assemblySecurity, System.String[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(System.String assemblyFile)
at Booter.Booter.BootClient(System.String clientName)
at Booter.Booter.Main()
stefano@linux-pc:/usr/bin>

stefano@linux-pc:/usr/bin> cat /etc/release
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11
PATCHLEVEL = 2

2

I can recreate this on a 64bit install. If I uninstall banshee then install an older version of banshee-1-core

$ zypper rm banshee-1 $ zypper in banshee-1-core-2.0.1-2.15.62
the problem doesn’t occur. Can you try that and see if it works for you? It’s not a permanent fix of course because banshee-1-core will just get updated again, but it’s a step towards narrowing down where the problem is which is in turn a step towards someone being able to fix it.

I can’t try what happens on a 32bit machine as I don’t have any and SuSE Studio build keeps failing :confused:

3

I can’t recreate the problem on 32bit. I notice that on 32bit if banshee is invoked from the command line there is none of the [info] output and the process gets backgrounded.

4

I’ve raised a Service Request about this.

5

Yes, my SUSE is 64-bit and confirm it works with banshee-core downgraded as a workaround.

Thanks

Stefano