Amarok could not find any sound-engine plugins. Amarok is now updating the KDE configuration database. Please wait a couple of minutes, then restart Amarok. If this does not help, it is likely that Amarok is installed under the wrong prefix, please fix your installation using: $ cd /path/to/amarok/source-code/ $ su -c "make uninstall" $ ./configure --prefix=`kde-config --prefix` && su -c "make install" $ kbuildsycoca $ amarok More information can be found in the README file. For further assistance join us at #amarok on irc.freenode.net. ---- Console output ----- dameon@gentoo ~ $ amarok Amarok: [Loader] Starting amarokapp.. Amarok: [Loader] Don't run gdb, valgrind, etc. against this binary! Use amarokapp. kio (KMimeType): WARNING: KServiceType::offers : servicetype Amarok/Plugin not found kio (KMimeType): WARNING: KServiceType::offers : servicetype Amarok/Plugin not found kbuildsycoca running... Reusing existing ksycoca kio (KSycoca): ERROR: No database available! kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde/amarok.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/asx' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde/amarok.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/midi' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde/amarok.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-aac' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde/amarok.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/x-m4a' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/share/applications/kde/konversation.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'DCOP/InstantMessenger;DCOP/Unique' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kcertpart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/binary-certificate' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'katepart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-fortran' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'knotify.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KNotify'