Bug#534491: rhythmbox: shows an uninformative request dialog on startup

[Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho]

Package: rhythmbox
Version: 0.12.1-1
Severity: minor

A couple of seconds after starting rhythmbox (and its main window appearing),
a dialog box appears:

  Search for suitable plugin?

  The required software to play this file is not installed. You need to install
  suitable plugins to play media files. Do you want to search for a plugin that
  supports the selected file?

  The search will also include software which is not officially supported.

There is no indication what file is "this file", nor what sort of plugin
would be searched for, nor where this searching would take place
(Debian archives?  some ryhythmbox-specific site?).

Clicking "cancel" isn't very much work, but the dialog box is frustrating
in that it provides no clue as to what's causing it.

If I press "Search", an "Install Multimedia Plugins" thingy appears and doesn't
find anything useful.  Apparently the plugin searched for is
"application/x-tar-purkaja".  This still doesn't tell me what file is causing
this trouble.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-ibid-1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages rhythmbox depends on:
ii  dbus         1.2.14-3                    simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2       2.26.2-1                    GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-t 2.26.0-1                    GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gstreamer0.1 0.10.23-3                   GStreamer plugin for ALSA ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.15-2                   GStreamer plugin for ESD ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.13-1                   GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.23-3                   GStreamer plugins from the "base" ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.15-2                   GStreamer plugins from the "good" ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.15-2                   GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio ii
gstreamer0.1 0.10.23-3                   GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pang ii
libatk1.0-0  1.26.0-1                    The ATK accessibility toolkit ii
libavahi-cli 0.6.25-1                    Avahi client library ii  libavahi-com
0.6.25-1                    Avahi common library ii  libavahi-gli 0.6.25-1
Avahi glib integration library ii  libbonobo2-0 2.24.1-1
Bonobo CORBA interfaces library ii  libc6        2.9-18
GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii  libcairo2    1.8.8-2
The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii  libdbus-1-3  1.2.14-3
simple interprocess messaging syst ii  libdbus-glib 0.80-4
simple interprocess messaging syst ii  libfontconfi 2.6.0-4
generic font configuration library ii  libfreetype6 2.3.9-5
FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii  libgcc1      1:4.4.0-8
GCC support library ii  libgconf2-4  2.26.2-1                    GNOME
configuration database syste ii  libglade2-0  1:2.6.4-1
library to load .glade files at ru ii  libglib2.0-0 2.20.3-1
The GLib library of C routines ii  libgnome-key 2.26.1-1
GNOME keyring services library ii  libgnome-med 2.26.0-1
runtime libraries for the GNOME me ii  libgnome2-0  2.26.0-1
The GNOME library - runtime files ii  libgpod4     0.7.2-1
library to read and write songs an ii  libgstreamer 0.10.23-3
GStreamer libraries from the "base ii  libgstreamer 0.10.23-2
Core GStreamer libraries and eleme ii  libgtk2.0-0  2.16.2-1
The GTK+ graphical user interface ii  libhal1      0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2
Hardware Abstraction Layer - share ii  libice6      2:1.0.5-1
X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii  liblircclien 0.8.3-3
infra-red remote control support - ii  libmtp8      0.3.7-7
Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) libr ii  libmusicbrai 2.1.5-2
Second generation incarnation of t ii  libnautilus- 2.24.0-3
Nautilus Burn Library - runtime ve ii  libnotify1 [ 0.4.5-1
sends desktop notifications to a n ii  liborbit2    1:2.14.17-0.1
libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB ii  libpango1.0- 1.24.3-1
Layout and rendering of internatio ii  libpopt0     1.14-4
lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii  libsm6       2:1.1.0-2
X11 Session Management library hi  libsoup2.4-1 2.26.2-1                    an
HTTP library implementation in ii  libstdc++6   4.4.0-8                     The
GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii  libtotem-plp 2.26.2-1                    Totem
Playlist Parser library - ru ii  libusb-0.1-4 2:0.1.12-13
userspace USB programming library ii  libx11-6     2:1.2.1-1
X11 client-side library ii  libxml2      2.7.3.dfsg-1                GNOME XML
library ii  python       2.5.4-2                     An interactive high-level
object-o ii  python-gnome 2.26.1-1                    Python bindings for the
GNOME desk ii  python-gst0. 0.10.15-1                   generic media-playing
framework (P ii  python-gtk2  2.14.1-3                    Python bindings for
the GTK+ widge ii  python-suppo 1.0.3                       automated
rebuilding support for P ii  python2.5    2.5.4-1                     An
interactive high-level object-o ii  zlib1g       1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13
compression library - runtime

Versions of packages rhythmbox recommends:
ii  avahi-daemon 0.6.25-1                    Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  gnome-codec- 0.3.3                       GStreamer codec installer
ii  gstreamer0.1 0.10.12-1                   GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" 
ii  hal          0.5.12~git20090406.46dc48-2 Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  notification 0.4.0-1                     a daemon that displays passive pop
ii  yelp         2.26.0-1                    Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages rhythmbox suggests:
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.26.0-1 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad     0.10.13-1  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
pn  python-coherence              <none>     (no description available)

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