Unfortunately, we don't support downgrades. You'll find that Banshee isn't the only program that doesn't downgrade properly, and that's normal. I had issues when sharing my /home with ArchLinux as well, some time in the past.
** Changed in: banshee (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874637 Title: banshee dies violently when initiated with a newer database Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Here's what I get when launching banshee. I tested 11.10 on a separate partition, hence my banshee database was updated in version.... is this really the desired behaviour when I try to use it again in my trusted OS? [Info 17:28:04.934] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [Ubuntu 11.04 (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-07-05 13:53:01 UTC] [Error 17:28:05.194] Error initializing required service DbConnection Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> Banshee.Database.BansheeDbFormatMigrator+DatabaseVersionTooHigh: This version of Banshee was prepared to work with older database versions (=< 43) thus it is too old to support the current version of the database (44). at Banshee.Database.BansheeDbFormatMigrator.Migrate () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Reflection.MonoCMethod.Invoke (BindingFlags invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at Banshee.Gui.GtkBaseClient.Startup () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 at Hyena.Gui.CleanRoomStartup.Startup (Hyena.Gui.StartupInvocationHandler startup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: banshee 2.0.1-1ubuntu1~natty2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Oct 14 17:28:42 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) SourcePackage: banshee UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/874637/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp