[Bug 43656] Rhythmbox freezes after a period of time

[Andrew Conkling]

Public bug reported:

Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Rhythmbox has been unusable for me for a while now on my laptop (a Dell
Inspiron 6000).  When I start it, it will freeze (where the window stays
but the GUI is not refreshed), sometimes immediately, sometimes after as
much as 10 minutes.

When this happens, I have to force quit the window (via metacity) and I
can't kill the process, even using -9.  The only way to kill the process
(and try to run RB again) is to reboot.

FWIW, I have similar aberrant behavior with CDs/DVDs in my drive:
sporadically, when I insert them, they will not load on the desktop, and
I'll have to reboot to try again.  (I'm not sure if that's exactly
related, or a separate issue.)

I have been unable to get a backtrace on RB; my gdb output follows:

Starting program: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1227364672 (LWP 6223)]
[New Thread -1249305680 (LWP 6232)]
[New Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6248)]
[Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6248) exited]
[New Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6249)]
[Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6249) exited]
[New Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6252)]
[New Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6253)]
[Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6253) exited]
[New Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6254)]
[Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6252) exited]
[Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6254) exited]
[New Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6256)]
[New Thread -1249776720 (LWP 6257)]
[New Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6258)]
[Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6256) exited]
[Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6258) exited]
[New Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6263)]
[New Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6264)]
[New Thread -1277170768 (LWP 6265)]
[New Thread -1285563472 (LWP 6266)]
[New Thread -1293956176 (LWP 6267)]
[New Thread -1302348880 (LWP 6268)]
[New Thread -1310741584 (LWP 6269)]
[New Thread -1319134288 (LWP 6270)]
[New Thread -1327526992 (LWP 6271)]
[New Thread -1335919696 (LWP 6272)]
[New Thread -1344312400 (LWP 6273)]
[Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6263) exited]
[New Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6274)]
[Thread -1268778064 (LWP 6274) exited]
[Thread -1258751056 (LWP 6264) exited]
[Thread -1277170768 (LWP 6265) exited]
[Thread -1285563472 (LWP 6266) exited]
[Thread -1293956176 (LWP 6267) exited]
[Thread -1302348880 (LWP 6268) exited]
[Thread -1310741584 (LWP 6269) exited]
[Thread -1319134288 (LWP 6270) exited]
[Thread -1327526992 (LWP 6271) exited]
[Thread -1335919696 (LWP 6272) exited]
[Thread -1344312400 (LWP 6273) exited]
thread_db_get_info: cannot get thread info: generic error
(gdb) thread apply all bt full
[New Thread -1344312400 (LWP 6290)]
Can't attach LWP 6290: Operation not permitted

I have the same configuration on my desktop, where I am not noticing
this problem.

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Rhythmbox freezes after a period of time
https://launchpad.net/bugs/43656