On 06/10/2013 23:00, Dave wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> I removed './trinity/share/amarokrc'   and all files in
> '.trinity/share/apps/amarok/'.
> then
> I picked 2 directories/Artists,  made sure there were no cover image
> files in the directories.
> then, as root,
> tried amarok again, it came back and showed 100%, but never returned
> control.  amarok apps was still running.
> I let it run for 1 hour. I was monitoring the system through TOP, and
> watching the swap memory diminish to zero and then the system locked.
> There are only 10 music files in this sample run.
>
> Was the MYSQL option removed in version 3.5.13.3? is MYSQL-5.6.13 too new?

It's known that mysql support in amarok is buggy.

There are a few words about it here:

http://community.kde.org/Amarok/Archives/Amarok_1.4/User_Guide/MySQL_HowTo#MySQL_Setup

Nicolas