I created a play list. selected it. clicked the shuffle ("random order") button on button bar. Songs played in sequential order. Clicked shuffle while playing -- didn't work. However, right clicking and choosing "shuffle queue" of pop-up menu worked fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: rhythmbox 0.13.3-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 8 21:07:45 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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