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[Locked] MusicPlayer - Banshee - Opens but cannot control [Bug #271]
amites English 6 fabounet [Read]
21 April 2012 à 03:47

amites, Wednesday 04 April 2012 à 21:50


Subscription date : 04 April 2012
Messages : 11
I'm relatively new to Glx-Dock though I was unable to find the issue in a forum / wiki search.

I've added the Music Player applet and set it to use Banshee as the player.

It works properly at taking the icon, but seems to have trouble with accessing program data.

IE: cannot control the player / update the album cover

is this a new issue or could someone point me towards a reference to work on it?

Glx-Dock version 2.4.0~2 (latest stable)

Happy to report any debugging information required and/or review code (not familiar with C but decent with python), just need instructions.

Thank you

matttbe, Thursday 05 April 2012 à 11:50


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
Hello and thank you for this bug report!
I confirm it.
It seems they have modify their DBus API
But MPRIS2 is available! This new DBus interface should be detected... but it doesn't work
But there is a workaround! You can simply replace 'Banshee' by 'banshee' in the config panel.

@fabounet: in fact, we have the same bug with Rhythmbox (we have to use 'rhythmbox'...)
I thought that if a MPRIS2 interface was found, it automatically used it. Is it wrong? A bug?

matttbe, Thursday 05 April 2012 à 12:23


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
(Message added on the task #271)

Fixed on bzr
(Rev 2357)

Thanks to the eating time

Guest, Thursday 05 April 2012 à 18:36

thank you for the quick response -- great introduction to the glx-dock community

fabounet, Tuesday 17 April 2012 à 13:52


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
I thought that if a MPRIS2 interface was found, it automatically used it. Is it wrong? A bug?

sorry for the late reply
please remind me to take a look at this point

matttbe, Wednesday 18 April 2012 à 23:14


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
Messages : 12573
But it's fixed on BZR => https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cairo-dock-team/cairo-dock-plug-ins/plug-ins/revision/2357/musicPlayer/src/applet-musicplayer.c

fabounet, Saturday 21 April 2012 à 03:47


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
ah ok, yes indeed I saw this commit
I can sleep in peace tonight

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[Locked] MusicPlayer - Banshee - Opens but cannot control [Bug #271]
amites English 6 fabounet [Read]
21 April 2012 à 03:47


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