rhythmbox sees cd and immediately loses it

[Ian Sharum]

lsb_release -rd
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Description: Ubuntu precise (development branch)
Release: 12.04
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Package info:
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rhythmbox:
  Installed: 2.96-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.96-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2.96-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://mirror.lstn.net/ubuntu/ precise/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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What I expected to happen
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I expected to insert a cd, choose rhythmbox as the application i wanted to run, rhythmbox finds cd and its info from internet (or at least reads from info stored on cd), and keeps the entry under devices and allows me to extract to library.

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What actually happened
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I inserted a cd into my external cd drive (my internal cd drive is not working), and i get the prompt asking what I want to do, I tell it to open rhythmbox. I see "Audio CD" show up for a split second, then sometimes for another split second I see the name of the CD (it has it embedded with cd-text from the manufacturer), and then finally it just disappears from the list. If I click on audio disc in the unity panel, then rhythmbox finds the cd again, but will not gather the information from it or from the internet.

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Additional information
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I performed an upgrade from my existing 11.10 installation to the 12.04 beta 1 and just today did another 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.

I also had gnome-shell installed until the dist-upgrade I did today removed it, it left the gnome classic behind.

I have banshee, vlc media player, xbmc, and k3b with the extracodecs package installed as well, if any of this affects rhythmbox.

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Hendrik Schrieber (hennekn)]

I see this problem with a regular internal CD drive. Insert Audio CD -> Rhythmbox does show it for a few seconds, then it disappears from Rhythmbox. Readding by opening it results in the same behavior -> CD displayed in Rhythmbox for a few seconds then disappears. This way I cannot copy the music to my PC!

[Hendrik Schrieber (hennekn)]

This was on a fresh install, by the way!

[Hendrik Schrieber (hennekn)]

Here's a log when starting Rhythmbox from Terminal with Audio CD in drive and mounted. Seems like it loses access to the CD or something.

[Justin Rondeboom (r7g0adf-spam-h6iaeuv)]

With rhythmbox 2.98, whenever there is an audio CD in my drive, rhythmbox just crashes. I think it happens when it tries to retrieve track titles.