Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rhythmbox
Rhythmbox consistently crashes with visualization plugin running Hardy,
2.6.24-16-generic, amd64.
output of apt-cache policy rhythmbox:
rhythmbox:
Installed: 0.11.5-0ubuntu4
Candidate: 0.11.5-0ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 0.11.5-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://mirror.optus.net hardy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
I recently installed libvisual and manually built the GForce plugin.
When I start visualization and play a track, Rhythmbox crashes. When I
run it from a terminal I get a segmentation fault and core dump. I
understand that it is most likely that it is a bug in the GForce plugin,
or a mismatch between versions of the various packages from Hardy and
the plugin, and It's my fault for picking a bad plugin.
I did expect to be able to deselect the plugin or select a different
one, but there is no way to do this. Selecting Visualization from 'Edit
> plugins' in the menu, the configure button is inactive (greyed out),
and the visualization selection drop-down is only available when plugins
are enabled and music is playing. Therefore, because the plugin causes
rhythmbox to crash, the plugin selection drop-down is no longer
available.
I am happy to disable/remove GForce itself, but I can't even do that
because even after removing the GForce plugin, rhythmbox tries to look
for it and doesn't let me pick another.
This is the real crux of the bug - that there is no easy (read non-
technical non-command line) way of recovering from a bad plugin
selection.
** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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rhythmbox crashes with visualization and doesn't allow recovery
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218990
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