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Banshee playback broken

Bug #726710 reported by Jono Bacon on 2011-02-28

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #722484: banshee-1.9.3 doesn't work at all. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	banshee (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: banshee

In a recent Banshee update playback no longer works. This is what I do:

1. Start Banshee from either clicking on the Banshee icon in my Launcher, or run it from the command line.
2. Press the play button double-click a track. Nothing happens, the Play button does not change icon, and no audio is heard.

I ran Banshee from the command line and this is the output:

jono@forge:~$ banshee-1
[Info 10:35:43.174] Running Banshee 1.9.3: [Ubuntu natty (development branch) (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2011-02-20 07:29:22 UTC]
[Warn 10:35:44.400] Caught an exception - System.ArgumentNullException: Cannot handle a null message; maybe the bus was disconnected
Parameter name: msg (in `NDesk.DBus')
  at NDesk.DBus.Connection.HandleMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message msg) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at NDesk.DBus.PendingCall.get_Reply () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at NDesk.DBus.Connection.SendWithReplyAndBlock (NDesk.DBus.Message msg) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendMethodCall (System.String iface, System.String member, System.String inSigStr, NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter writer, System.Type retType, System.Exception& exception) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.SoundMenu.SoundMenuProxy+ISoundMenuProxy.BlacklistMediaPlayer (System.String blacklist, Boolean ) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
  at Banshee.SoundMenu.SoundMenuProxy.Register () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
[Info 10:35:44.409] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Info 10:35:44.442] All services are started 1.04899
[Warn 10:35:44.559] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:44.560] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:44.561] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:44.564] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:46.046] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:46.047] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:46.826] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePropertiesChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2<string, object>,string[]) <0x000c3>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePropertiesChange (string) <0x00060>

[Warn 10:35:47.158] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.175] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.177] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.178] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.204] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.206] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.216] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Warn 10:35:47.218] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandlePlaylistChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,Banshee.Mpris.Playlist) <0x0009f>
at Banshee.Mpris.MediaPlayer.HandlePlaylistChange (Banshee.Playlist.AbstractPlaylistSource) <0x0004e>

[Info 10:35:47.540] nereid Client Started
[Warn 10:35:47.607] Caught an exception - Mono.Unix.UnixIOException: Broken pipe [EPIPE]. (in `Mono.Posix')
at Mono.Unix.UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError () <0x00013>
at Mono.Unix.UnixStream.Write (byte[],int,int) <0x000ca>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.WriteMessage (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x000ac>
at NDesk.DBus.Connection.Send (NDesk.DBus.Message) <0x0003d>
at NDesk.DBus.BusObject.SendSignal (string,string,string,NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter,System.Type,System.Exception&) <0x000d8>
at (wrapper dynamic-method) NDesk.DBus.MessageWriter.HandleEventChanged (NDesk.DBus.BusObject,string,string,double) <0x000b5>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService.OnEngineEventChanged (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEventArgs) <0x00264>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngine.RaiseEventChanged (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEventArgs) <0x0001f>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngine.OnEventChanged (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEventArgs) <0x000be>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngine.OnEventChanged (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEvent) <0x00030>
at Banshee.GStreamer.PlayerEngine.OnVideoPrepareWindow (intptr) <0x00015>
at (wrapper native-to-managed) Banshee.GStreamer.PlayerEngine.OnVideoPrepareWindow (intptr) <0x00054>
at (wrapper managed-to-native) Banshee.GStreamer.PlayerEngine.bp_initialize_pipeline (System.Runtime.InteropServices.HandleRef) <0x00004>
at Banshee.GStreamer.PlayerEngine.Initialize () <0x000bd>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService.InitializeEngine (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngine) <0x00030>
at Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IDelayedInitializeService.DelayedInitialize () <0x0006a>
at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.DelayedInitialize (Banshee.ServiceStack.IService) <0x0019c>

[Warn 10:35:47.607] Service `Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService' not initialized: Broken pipe [EPIPE].

The last Warning seems like it could be the issue - it looks like it might be a GStreamer problem.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: banshee 1.9.3-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 28 10:36:22 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110202)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee