Rhythmbox crashes when I checkmark "Watch my library for new files"

[Chris Cowan]

Whenever I checkmark the box "Watch my library for new files" under Edit -> Preferences -> Music, Rhythmbox crashes.

It's especially annoying because unchecking and checkmarking this box is something I do whenever I want to force it to see the new music I've added because it seems to take forever before discovering new files on its own.

System info:
1) Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
2) N: Unable to locate package pkgname
3) Expected: Rhythmbox to rescan my music folder
4) Happened: Rhythmbox crashed instantly

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.25-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: *** glibc detected *** rhythmbox: double free or corruption (out): 0x00007f2116248200 ***
Date: Mon Jan 16 18:09:07 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcCmdline: rhythmbox
ProcCwd: /home/chris
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f211600d0d8 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7f211600d258 "double free or corruption (out)", ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:6283
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3738
 g_strfreev () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
 rhythmdb_sync_library_location (db=0x125c250) at rhythmdb.c:4701
Title: rhythmbox assert failure: *** glibc detected *** rhythmbox: double free or corruption (out): 0x00007f2116248200 ***
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout kvm lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 __libc_message (do_abort=2, fmt=0x7f211600d0d8 "*** glibc detected *** %s: %s: 0x%s ***\n") at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/libc_fatal.c:189
 malloc_printerr (action=3, str=0x7f211600d258 "double free or corruption (out)", ptr=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:6283
 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3738
 g_strfreev (str_array=0x1dbf6f0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/gstrfuncs.c:2569
 rhythmdb_sync_library_location (db=0x125c250) at rhythmdb.c:4701

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Chris Cowan (macil)]

I've even removed my ~/.local/share/rhythmbox folder to reset all my rhythmbox settings, and I still get this. Does everyone have this issue with Rhythmbox, or is there something somehow unique to me? How is this not a breaking bug getting more attention if everyone has it?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the issue is fixed with 2.97 in quantal