Rhythmbox freezes and can't be kill -9

Bug #1206716 reported by purecharger
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Expired
Undecided
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Bug Description

After leaving audio paused for an extended period of time, Rhythmbox becomes a zombie process and can't be ended using kill -9. The same issue happens with banshee however banshee becomes a <defunct> process.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: rhythmbox 2.98-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 30 15:54:33 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rhythmbox
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-02-14 (532 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: rhythmbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-23 (68 days ago)

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purecharger (rnideffer) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Walter Garcia-Fontes (walter-garcia) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running apport-collect <bug #> and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for rhythmbox (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in rhythmbox (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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