I have found this happens with several ways using gnome-mplayer try mounting a hard drive with an audio or video file in pcmanfm and open it with gnome-mplayer. Or open gnome-mplayer from the menu in lxde and try to launch an ogg file and it will close and window will disapper. I then tried launching gnome-mplayer from the command line to get output from shell and got ** (gnome-mplayer:5453): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files
Could not open connection to SQLite database file: The DB_DIR part of the connection string must point to a valid directory
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:use-stock is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-menu-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:accel-group is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri=
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-button-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon network-server-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-trash-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-solidstate-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-removable-media-usb-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon network-workgroup-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_create_parser: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
parser was not found
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
error executing statement "select * from media_entries where uri = 'file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad%20Voltage%201x34.ogg'"
(gnome-mplayer:5453): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to create file '/home/lubuntu/.config/dconf/user.P70GTX': No such file or directory
(gnome-mplayer:5453): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to create file '/home/lubuntu/.config/dconf/user.SEPGTX': No such file or directory
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_create_parser: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
parser was not found
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
error executing statement "select * from media_entries where uri = 'file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad Voltage 1x34.ogg'"
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_sql_parser_parse_string: assertion 'GDA_IS_SQL_PARSER (parser)' failed
REMAINS:
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_non_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): ERROR **: NON SELECT error: no detail
sql = delete from media_entries where uri='file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad%20Voltage%201x34.ogg'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files
Could not open connection to SQLite database file: The DB_DIR part of the connection string must point to a valid directory
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:use-stock is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-menu-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkImageMenuItem:accel-group is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
GMLIB-Message: after init: position=0.000 length=0.000 start_time=0.000 run_time=0.000 volume=0.00 player=dead media=unknown uri=
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: The property GtkSettings:gtk-button-images is deprecated and shouldn't be used anymore. It will be removed in a future version.
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon network-server-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-trash-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-solidstate-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-removable-media-usb-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon network-workgroup-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon user-home-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
(gnome-mplayer:5453): Gtk-WARNING **: Symbolic icon drive-harddisk-symbolic-ltr of size 16 is in an icon theme directory of size 24
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_create_parser: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
parser was not found
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
error executing statement "select * from media_entries where uri = 'file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad%20Voltage%201x34.ogg'"
(gnome-mplayer:5453): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to create file '/home/lubuntu/.config/dconf/user.P70GTX': No such file or directory
(gnome-mplayer:5453): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: GDBus.Error:org.gtk.GDBus.UnmappedGError.Quark._g_2dfile_2derror_2dquark.Code4: Failed to create file '/home/lubuntu/.config/dconf/user.SEPGTX': No such file or directory
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_create_parser: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
parser was not found
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
error executing statement "select * from media_entries where uri = 'file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad Voltage 1x34.ogg'"
(gnome-mplayer:5453): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_data: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_sql_parser_parse_string: assertion 'GDA_IS_SQL_PARSER (parser)' failed
REMAINS:
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): CRITICAL **: gda_connection_statement_execute_non_select: assertion 'GDA_IS_CONNECTION (cnc)' failed
** (gnome-mplayer:5453): ERROR **: NON SELECT error: no detail
sql = delete from media_entries where uri='file:///media/lubuntu/8e99b860-0d2f-4d3a-8302-a21695b3ac9d/brendanperrine/Downloads/Bad%20Voltage%201x34.ogg'
Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped)
nome-mplayer:
Installed: 1.0.9-3
Candidate: 1.0.9-3
Version table:
*** 1.0.9-3 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/universe amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)
Release: 15.04
I expected mplayer to open in the session and have a GUI to control them.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: gnome-mplayer 1.0.9-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-12.13-generic 3.18.4
Uname: Linux 3.18.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.16-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.350
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sat Feb 7 20:48:39 2015
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150207)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-mplayer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.
A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: iso.qa. ubuntu. com/qatracker/ reports/ bugs/1419343
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