I found bug 845488 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/banshee/+bug/845488) which seems very similar to this bug, but because I don't know if the underlying cause is the same, I don't know for sure whether or not it's a duplicate of this one.
I'm also attaching an strace log like the reporter in 845488, in case it's of any use. ** Attachment added: "banshee.strace.output" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/841343/+attachment/2376887/+files/banshee.strace.output -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/841343 Title: Banshee hangs on startup Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Banshee has worked for me for months (with hundreds of individual startups and shutdowns) and for some reason last week it has begun to hang during its startup sequence. The hang is completely reproducible; I must kill the banshee process as it never starts up, and every time I run banshee again, the hang happens again. I don't get any kind of warnings or errors onscreen or in the debug log. However, the Banshee Music Player window does appear, but it is empty - nothing ever appears in it. I expect that banshee will launch normally and allow normal user interaction. Here is the output from starting banshee from the command line with the --debug flag set: ** Running Mono with --debug ** [1 Info 16:38:26.934] Running Banshee 2.0.0: [Ubuntu 11.04 (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2011-06-28 05:46:57 UTC] [1 Debug 16:38:27.164] Initializing GTK [1 Debug 16:38:29.258] Post-Initializing GTK [1 Debug 16:38:29.336] Configuration client extension loaded (Banshee.GnomeBackend.GConfConfigurationClient) [1 Debug 16:38:29.349] Using default gconf-base-key [1 Debug 16:38:29.710] Bus.Session.RequestName ('org.bansheeproject.Banshee') replied with PrimaryOwner [1 Debug 16:38:29.829] Core service started (DBusServiceManager, 0.001406) [1 Debug 16:38:29.832] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/DBusCommandService (Banshee.ServiceStack.DBusCommandService) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:29.843] Core service started (DBusCommandService, 0.01344) [1 Debug 16:38:45.669] Opened SQLite (version 3.7.4) connection to /home/traack/.config/banshee-1/banshee.db [1 Debug 16:38:45.670] Core service started (DbConnection, 15.82682) [1 Debug 16:38:45.680] Database version 43 is up to date [1 Debug 16:38:45.796] Core service started (PreferenceService, 0.010884) [1 Debug 16:38:45.803] Core service started (Network, 0.007205) [1 Debug 16:38:45.804] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/SourceManager (Banshee.Sources.SourceManager) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:45.804] Core service started (SourceManager, 0.000983) [1 Debug 16:38:45.815] Core service started (MediaProfileManager, 0.000345) [1 Debug 16:38:45.819] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/PlayerEngine (Banshee.MediaEngine.PlayerEngineService) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:45.821] Core service started (PlayerEngine, 0.005467) [1 Debug 16:38:46.078] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/PlaybackController (Banshee.PlaybackController.PlaybackControllerService) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:46.079] Core service started (PlaybackController, 0.003936) [1 Debug 16:38:46.088] Starting - Startup Job [1 Debug 16:38:46.089] Core service started (JobScheduler, 0.009955) [1 Debug 16:38:46.107] IO provider extension loaded (Banshee.IO.Gio.Provider) [1 Debug 16:38:46.266] Loaded HardwareManager backend: Banshee.Hardware.Gio [1 Debug 16:38:46.268] Core service started (HardwareManager, 0.178711) [1 Debug 16:38:46.270] Bus.Session.RequestName ('org.bansheeproject.CollectionIndexer') replied with PrimaryOwner [1 Debug 16:38:46.272] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/CollectionIndexerService (Banshee.Collection.Indexer.CollectionIndexerService) on org.bansheeproject.CollectionIndexer [1 Debug 16:38:46.274] Core service started (CollectionIndexerService, 0.00536) [1 Debug 16:38:46.276] Core service started (SaveTrackMetadataService, 0.001852) [1 Debug 16:38:46.301] Adding icon theme search path: /usr/share/banshee/icons [1 Debug 16:38:46.302] Core service started (GtkElementsService, 0.02647) [1 Debug 16:38:46.304] Core service started (InterfaceActionService, 0.001751) [1 Debug 16:38:46.431] Extension actions loaded: MetadataFixActions [1 Debug 16:38:46.432] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/GlobalUIActions (Banshee.Gui.GlobalActions) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:46.433] Album artwork path set to /home/traack/.cache/media-art [1 Debug 16:38:46.569] Core service started (ArtworkManager, 0.137053) [1 Debug 16:38:46.569] Core service started (BookmarksService, 0.00025) [1 Debug 16:38:48.003] Adding context page lastfm-recommendations [1 Debug 16:38:48.056] Adding context page wikipedia [1 Debug 16:38:50.715] Constructed Nereid interface: 4.010746 [1 Debug 16:38:51.157] Creating new surface cache for 90px images, capped at 0.12 MiB (4 items) [1 Debug 16:38:51.312] Registering remote object /org/bansheeproject/Banshee/ClientWindow (Nereid.PlayerInterface) on org.bansheeproject.Banshee [1 Debug 16:38:51.312] Core service started (NereidPlayerInterface, 4.633008) [1 Debug 16:38:51.803] Extension service started (GStreamerCoreService, 0.489922) [1 Debug 16:38:52.071] Extension service started (BpmService, 0.267765) [1 Debug 16:38:52.163] Using GNOME 2.22 API for Multimedia Keys [1 Debug 16:38:52.163] Extension service started (MultimediaKeysService, 0.092161) [1 Debug 16:38:52.204] Audioscrobbler state: connected [1 Debug 16:38:52.206] Extension service started (AudioscrobblerService, 0.041862) [1 Debug 16:38:52.208] Extension service started (PodcastService, 0.00261) [1 Debug 16:38:52.210] Extension service started (DapService, 0.001486) [1 Debug 16:38:52.219] Extension service started (MprisService, 0.0091) [1 Info 16:38:52.224] Updating web proxy from GConf [1 Debug 16:38:52.231] Direct connection, no proxy in use [1 Debug 16:38:52.249] Extension service started (GnomeService, 0.029527) [1 Debug 16:38:52.252] Extension service started (AmazonMp3DownloaderService, 0.002381) [1 Debug 16:38:52.253] Extension service started (DaapService, 0.000985) [1 Debug 16:38:52.327] Extension service started (NotificationAreaService, 0.073899) [1 Debug 16:38:52.329] Extension service started (CoverArtService, 0.002234) [1 Debug 16:38:52.347] Extension service started (AudioCdService, 0.017999) [1 Info 16:38:52.348] All services are started 22.636507 I can submit any of my database or other banshee user files if that helps in tracking this down. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: banshee 2.0.0-2ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic-pae 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Sep 4 16:47:26 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/banshee/Banshee.exe InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/mono ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US:en SourcePackage: banshee UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-07-20 (45 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/841343/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
