Googling for "Unable to unregister DBus object Banshee.PlayQueue.PlayQueueSource, does not appear to be registered" I came across https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/637347. However, running with --disable-dbus appeared to make no difference:
~$ banshee --disable-dbus [Info 20:34:45.299] Running Banshee 2.2.1: [Ubuntu 11.10 (linux-gnu, i686) @ 2011-12-19 14:51:26 UTC] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/925701 Title: banshee user interface won't appear in 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/banshee/+bug/925701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs