[ubuntu-uk] Cranky old Rhythmbox

Fri May 10 19:28:05 UTC 2013

Well, like I said, I've got three machines, all set up identically with 
vanilla 13.04 64-bit ISO from the same USB stick, and AFAICS it only 
happens on one of them, which unfortunately is my favourite, an old 
Lenovo N500 with a really comfortable touchpad. Rhythmbox cannot play 
two albums in succession, even immediate succession, without being 
closed and reopened.

I didn't acknowledge Phill's statement that he would let me know of 
guidance for installing Rhythmbox 2.99 from the FTP package. But I look 
forward to that. Thanks, Phill.

By the way, do you remember I mentioned the absence of the unread mail 
indicator on the Thunderbird launcher? I reported it as a bug on 
Launchpad.net and was immediately informed it had already been reported, 
twice, and will be fixed.

On 10/05/13 20:11, Neil Greenwood wrote:
>
> Top- posting because the rest of the thread is...
>
> I have rhythmbox running fine in 13.04, with 6000+ tracks (not sure 
> how many albums). I've had it open since I booted, about 2 weeks ago. 
> I suspend every night too. Plays fine, although I have seen problems 
> like those mentioned previously.
>
> Neil.
>
> On 10 May 2013 15:19, "Phill Whiteside" <PhillW at ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
> >
> > I use gmail, so it all appears in the correct order to me. I believe 
> there is a seperate thread on the way email clients work.
> >
> > As Rhythmbox is searching my music collection, I don't want to 
> stress the computer out too much - It's using 100% of one of my two CPU's.
> >
> > I'll have a look at what is needed for 2.99 and let you know.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> > On 10 May 2013 15:08, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rowan.berkeley at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> H'mm. I've also tried reinstalling from the repository, using 
> Synaptic, and it doesn't make any difference, and looking at it, the 
> thing in the repository is also 2.98. But if I was to download 2.99 
> from the FTP page you indicated, wouldn't I have to do all the 
> configuration manually? That would be totally beyond me. By the way, 
> we shouldn't be top posting like this. It forces people to read the 
> conversation from bottom to top as well as from top to bottom.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/05/13 14:44, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> >>>
> >>> 13.04 has installed 2.98 have a check on 'help --> about"
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>> Phill
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 10 May 2013 14:42, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rowan.berkeley at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> According to that ftp page, 2.99 was the last version they made 
> before they stopped, evidently imagining it was as perfect as it could 
> ever be. I assume that's what I've got, because I assume that's what's 
> delivered in the complete Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit ISO, which is what I 
> have installed.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 10/05/13 14:21, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Just while I install it and vlc, it is time to ask the usual 
> silly question... So do forgive me!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Have you got the latest version from 
> http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/rhythmbox/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm a VLC fan, but have had rhythmbox running well in the past 
> with a large library.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Phill.
> >>>>> P.S. this is a clean 13.04 lubuntu install, so I need to 'add' 
> things to it :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 10 May 2013 14:07, Rowan Berkeley <rowan.berkeley at gmail.com 
> <mailto:rowan.berkeley at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 10/05/13 13:55, Alan Pope wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 10/05/13 13:33, Rowan Berkeley wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I find that in 13.04 (though not as far as I can recall, 
> previously), it
> >>>>>>>> is impossible to leave Rhythmbox running after use, ie for 
> instance
> >>>>>>>> having played an album to leave it running and an hour later 
> to try to
> >>>>>>>> play another one. It goes berzerk. Most usually it will skip 
> through
> >>>>>>>> tracks at great speed,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> That sounds like your media is on a mounted / removable device 
> which has since gone away / been unmounted? The skipping through 
> tracks is often when it says "ok, what track is next, lets play it, 
> oh, it's gone, ok, next track.. " etc.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I don't mean it looks for them one after another in rapid 
> succession and doesn't find them; I mean it literally skips through 
> each track, jumping e.g. thirty seconds at a time. But this is just 
> the commonest immediate symptom of a general haywireness that sets in 
> if it has been left running but idle for more than a few minutes. By 
> the way, AFAIK, I only have this on one of my three machines, but they 
> are all identically set up, with completely fresh installs of 13.04 
> and then all files, including the 1850+ albums, reloaded from an 
> external hard drive. This takes an hour or two for each fresh install, 
> but it gives me maximum free space, so I do it happily, rather than 
> install the new versions keeping the old files and settings.
> >>>>>>
>

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