Comment 84 for bug 84007

I have got no problems any more to install the mp3 profile and to rip mp3 filse since I have installed the fix from this page: http://www.auer37.dsl.pipex.com/Packages.html.
Are you sure your friends have installed not only the lame package but also the gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse package? Both of them are needed, otherwise it happenes just what you describe as the mp3 profile bug.