Rhythmbox won't start, or crashes on start

[Derek Karpinski]

derek@home-pc:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
Release: 12.04

derek@home-pc:~$ apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
  Installed: 2.96-0ubuntu4.2
  Candidate: 2.96-0ubuntu4.2
  Version table:
 *** 2.96-0ubuntu4.2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     2.96-0ubuntu4.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security/main amd64 Packages
     2.96-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

Rhythmbox won't start, either by clicking on the launcher bar, in the unity dash, clicking on a song in unity dash, or even by terminal.

Output from terminal:
derek@home-pc:~$ rhythmbox

(rhythmbox:14831): Gtk-WARNING **: A floating object was finalized. This means that someone
called g_object_unref() on an object that had only a floating
reference; the initial floating reference is not owned by anyone
and must be removed with g_object_ref_sink().

(rhythmbox:14831): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid unclassed pointer in cast to `GtkWidget'

(rhythmbox:14831): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_grid_attach: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (child)' failed

(rhythmbox:14831): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_ui_manager_get_widget: assertion `GTK_IS_UI_MANAGER (manager)' failed

(rhythmbox:14831): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

(rhythmbox:14831): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_ui_manager_get_widget: assertion `GTK_IS_UI_MANAGER (manager)' failed
*** glibc detected *** rhythmbox: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fbd00000002 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7eb96)[0x7fbd46df6b96]
/usr/lib/librhythmbox-core.so.5(+0xa1759)[0x7fbd48108759]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_closure_invoke+0x132)[0x7fbd47658ca2]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0x20d71)[0x7fbd47669d71]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0xd79)[0x7fbd47672099]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x82)[0x7fbd47672242]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x29d4db)[0x7fbd43f2c4db]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x29d055)[0x7fbd43f2c055]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(gtk_ui_manager_ensure_update+0x31)[0x7fbd43f2fc11]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-3.so.0(+0x2a0c89)[0x7fbd43f2fc89]
/usr/lib/librhythmbox-core.so.5(+0x46d4d)[0x7fbd480add4d]
/usr/lib/librhythmbox-core.so.5(+0x46fbd)[0x7fbd480adfbd]
/usr/lib/librhythmbox-core.so.5(+0x4cf92)[0x7fbd480b3f92]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(+0xfeca)[0x7fbd47658eca]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit_valist+0x421)[0x7fbd47671741]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0(g_signal_emit+0x82)[0x7fbd47672242]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0(g_application_register+0x127)[0x7fbd47b31647]
/usr/lib/librhythmbox-core.so.5(+0x4d9f5)[0x7fbd480b49f5]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0(g_application_run+0x108)[0x7fbd47b31bf8]
rhythmbox(main+0xfa)[0x400e8a]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)[0x7fbd46d9976d]
rhythmbox[0x400ee1]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00402000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1439435 /usr/bin/rhythmbox
00601000-00602000 r--p 00001000 08:01 1439435 /usr/bin/rhythmbox
00602000-00603000 rw-p 00002000 08:01 1439435 /usr/bin/rhythmbox
0106e000-022c8000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 [heap]
7fbcc3d9b000-7fbcc8000000 r--p 00000000 08:01 403894 /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache
7fbcc8000000-7fbcc8022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbcc8022000-7fbccc000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbccfffe000-7fbccffff000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbccffff000-7fbd0ffff000 rwxp 00000000 00:00 0
7fbd0ffff000-7fbd10000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbd10000000-7fbd10022000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbd10022000-7fbd14000000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0
7fbd15eac000-7fbd15eba000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 265671 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0
7fbd15eba000-7fbd160b9000 ---p 0000e000 08:01 265671 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0
7fbd160b9000-7fbd160ba000 r--p 0000d000 08:01 265671 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0
7fbd160ba000-7fbd160bb000 rw-p 0000e000 08:01 265671 /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libusb-1.0.so.0.1.0
7fbd160bb000-7fbd16101000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1443280 /usr/lib/libmtp.so.9.0.3
7fbd16101000-7fbd16300000 ---p 00046000 08:01 1443280 /usr/lib/libmtp.so.9.0.3
7fbd16300000-7fbd16304000 r--p 00045000 08:01 1443280 /usr/lib/libmtp.so.9.0.3
7fbd16304000-7fbd1630a000 rw-p 00049000 08:01 1443280 /usr/lib/libmtp.so.9.0.3
7fbd1630a000-7fbd1631d000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1701701 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/mtpdevice/libmtpdevice.so
7fbd1631d000-7fbd1651c000 ---p 00013000 08:01 1701701 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/mtpdevice/libmtpdevice.so
7fbd1651c000-7fbd1651d000 r--p 00012000 08:01 1701701 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/mtpdevice/libmtpdevice.so
7fbd1651d000-7fbd1651e000 rw-p 00013000 08:01 1701701 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/mtpdevice/libmtpdevice.so
7fbd1651e000-7fbd1652b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1439438 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/generic-player/libgeneric-player.so
7fbd1652b000-7fbd1672a000 ---p 0000d000 08:01 1439438 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/generic-player/libgeneric-player.so
7fbd1672a000-7fbd1672b000 r--p 0000c000 08:01 1439438 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/generic-player/libgeneric-player.so
7fbd1672b000-7fbd1672c000 rw-p 0000d000 08:01 1439438 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/generic-player/libgeneric-player.so
7fbd1672c000-7fbd1672f000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1701711 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/power-manager/libpower-manager.so
7fbd1672f000-7fbd1692e000 ---p 00003000 08:01 1701711 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/power-manager/libpower-manager.so
7fbd1692e000-7fbd1692f000 r--p 00002000 08:01 1701711 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/power-manager/libpower-manager.so
7fbd1692f000-7fbd16930000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 1701711 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/power-manager/libpower-manager.so
7fbd16930000-7fbd16936000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1443315 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/fmradio/libfmradio.so
7fbd16936000-7fbd16b35000 ---p 00006000 08:01 1443315 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/fmradio/libfmradio.so
7fbd16b35000-7fbd16b36000 r--p 00005000 08:01 1443315 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/fmradio/libfmradio.so
7fbd16b36000-7fbd16b37000 rw-p 00006000 08:01 1443315 /usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/fmradio/libfmradio.so
7fbd16b37000-7fbd16b3a000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1447184 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2
7fbd16b3a000-7fbd16d39000 ---p 00003000 08:01 1447184 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2
7fbd16d39000-7fbd16d3a000 r--p 00002000 08:01 1447184 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2
7fbd16d3a000-7fbd16d3b000 rw-p 00003000 08:01 1447184 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-glib.so.1.0.2
7fbd16d3b000-7fbd16d4b000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1447178 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
7fbd16d4b000-7fbd16f4a000 ---p 00010000 08:01 1447178 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
7fbd16f4a000-7fbd16f4b000 r--p 0000f000 08:01 1447178 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
7fbd16f4b000-7fbd16f4c000 rw-p 00010000 08:01 1447178 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-client.so.3.2.9
7fbd16f4c000-7fbd16f57000 r-xp 00000000 08:01 1447180 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3.5.3
7fbd16f57000-7fbd17156000 ---p 0000b000 08:01 1447180 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3.5.3
7fbd17156000-7fbd17157000 r--p 0000a000 08:01 1447180 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libavahi-common.so.3.5.3Aborted (core dumped)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: rhythmbox 2.96-0ubuntu4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jan 13 20:49:17 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[George Gill (ggilliii10)]

I am using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and was unable to repeat the bug

[David Watne (dwatne10)]

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

I tried multiple times to recreate the bug but I was not able to even on different machines.

[Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #> and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for rhythmbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]