Rhythmbox becomes unresponsive when playing stream and connection is lost

[Tomas Binek]

Binary package hint: rhythmbox

Distribution: Ubuntu 10.04
Package version: 0.12.8-ubuntu4

This bug looks very similar to Bug #85051 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/85051).
But bug #85051 is marked as "Fix Released".

The problem:
Rhythmbox becomes irresponsive when playing stream and internet connection fails.

How to reproduce:
- Open Rhythmbox
- Start playing a stream (for example mms://netshow3.play.cz/impuls64)
- Disable internet connection. I disabled wireless.
( - The connection dies, rhythmbox plays the content of the buffer)
- Wait until the buffer is empty.
- Now
  - If you try to start another stream, nothing happens
  - If you push the "Play" button, Rhythmbox freezes

Expected result:
 - Rhythmbox stops playing and maybe displays an error message.
 - Then it is ready for next actions

Actual result:
 - Rhythmbox does nothing or freezes. (Does not even redraw it's window)

You have to kill rhythmbox by hand to close it, then start another one.

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Tomáš Binek

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please try to obtain a backtrace of the freeze following the instructions at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash and upload the backtrace (as an attachment) to the bug report. This will greatly help us in tracking down your problem.

[Tomas Binek (tomasbinek)]

Posting the report you asked for.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the reply Tomas, may you please install the libglib2.0-0-dbgsym and libgtk2.0-0-dbgsym packages? the one you submitted is missing a few symbols, thanks in advance.

[Tomas Binek (tomasbinek)]

Thank you for your reaction.
I installed the two packages you asked me to.
Updated backtrace is attached.

[Andrew Fister (andrewfister)]

I confirm this bug on Ubuntu 10.10. I am attaching my debug output for the same scenario as reported in the bug report. Here is my own account that reflects the debug trace:

1) I open Rhythmbox
2) I click on "Radio" and then choose a stream to play, for example: http://will.atlas.uiuc.edu/media/metafiles/willstream2.asx
3) I cut off the internet connection by right clicking the network-manager applet and clicking "Enable Networking"
4) I re-establish the internet connection and click on the "Stop playback" button in Rhythmbox.

5) Rhythmbox becomes unresponsive and must be killed.

[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.]