Thanks for your bug. How do you close rhythmbox? What version do you use? The 0.9.3.1 from dapper? Do you use any plugin or other feature talking to rhythmbox? Could you get a backtrace of the rhythmbox still running? - gdb $(pidof rhythmbox) (gdb) thread apply all bt
and copy that to a comment ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Rhythmbox can't start because an old instance is still running https://launchpad.net/bugs/47646 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs