Interestingly enough, this problem only occurs when there is NOT a disc in the drive. If I put ANY disc in the drive, the program works as expected. Hopefully this output helps.
Starting program: /usr/bin/rhythmbox [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1226180384 (LWP 29384)] (rhythmbox:29384): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file: assertion `filename != NULL' failed (rhythmbox:29384): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to load icon media-eject [New Thread -1238135888 (LWP 29386)] [New Thread -1246528592 (LWP 29387)] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29388)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29388) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29389)] (rhythmbox:29384): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to start mDNS browsing [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29389) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29392)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29392) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29394)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29394) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29407)] [New Thread -1257641040 (LWP 29408)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29407) exited] [New Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29409)] [Thread -1257641040 (LWP 29408) exited] [Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29409) exited] [New Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29432)] [Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29432) exited] Starting program: /usr/bin/rhythmbox [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1226180384 (LWP 29384)] (rhythmbox:29384): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file: assertion `filename != NULL' failed (rhythmbox:29384): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to load icon media-eject [New Thread -1238135888 (LWP 29386)] [New Thread -1246528592 (LWP 29387)] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29388)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29388) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29389)] (rhythmbox:29384): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to start mDNS browsing [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29389) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29392)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29392) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29394)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29394) exited] [New Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29407)] [New Thread -1257641040 (LWP 29408)] [Thread -1247409232 (LWP 29407) exited] [New Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29409)] [Thread -1257641040 (LWP 29408) exited] [Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29409) exited] [New Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29432)] [Thread -1266033744 (LWP 29432) exited] -- [Dapper] Unresponsive with external firewire DVD https://launchpad.net/bugs/42983 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
