Bug#566667: fails to play any music

[Julian Gilbey]

Package: rhythmbox
Version: 0.12.6-2
Severity: serious

I run rhythmbox and it shows me the standard dialog box, listing all
of the music.  My only problem is that it does not play anything at
all when I press Play: the track indicator remains stubbornly fixed at
0:00 and does not move.

I have no idea what is wrong, or what I could do to help you identify
the problem.  I am able to play tracks using other software.

   Julian

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rhythmbox depends on:
ii  dbus                    1.2.16-2         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  gconf2                  2.28.0-1         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  gnome-icon-theme        2.28.0-1         GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gstreamer0.10-alsa [gst 0.10.25-7        GStreamer plugin for ALSA
ii  gstreamer0.10-esd [gstr 0.10.17-1        GStreamer plugin for ESD
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-b 0.10.17-1        GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-b 0.10.25-7        GStreamer plugins from the "base" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-g 0.10.17-1        GStreamer plugins from the "good" 
ii  gstreamer0.10-pulseaudi 0.10.17-1        GStreamer plugin for PulseAudio
ii  gstreamer0.10-x         0.10.25-7        GStreamer plugins for X11 and Pang
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.28.0-1         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libavahi-client3        0.6.25-3         Avahi client library
ii  libavahi-common3        0.6.25-3         Avahi common library
ii  libavahi-glib1          0.6.25-3         Avahi glib integration library
ii  libbrasero-media0       2.28.3-2         CD/DVD burning library for GNOME -
ii  libc6                   2.10.2-2         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.8.8-2          The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3             1.2.16-2         simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2        0.82-2           simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libfontconfig1          2.8.0-2          generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.11-1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgconf2-4             2.28.0-1         GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0             1:2.6.4-1        library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.22.4-1         The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0       2.28.2-1         GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome-media0         2.28.1-1         runtime libraries for the GNOME me
ii  libgpod4                0.7.2-2          library to read and write songs an
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-ba 0.10.25-7        GStreamer libraries from the "base
ii  libgstreamer0.10-0      0.10.25-4+b1     Core GStreamer libraries and eleme
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.18.3-1         The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgudev-1.0-0          150-2            GObject-based wrapper library for 
ii  libice6                 2:1.0.6-1        X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  liblircclient0          0.8.3-5          infra-red remote control support -
ii  libmtp8                 0.3.7-7          Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) libr
ii  libmusicbrainz4c2a      2.1.5-4          Second generation incarnation of t
ii  libnotify1 [libnotify1- 0.4.5-1          sends desktop notifications to a n
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.26.2-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libsm6                  2:1.1.1-1        X11 Session Management library
ii  libsoup-gnome2.4-1      2.28.2-1         an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libsoup2.4-1            2.28.2-1         an HTTP library implementation in 
ii  libtotem-plparser12     2.28.2-1         Totem Playlist Parser library - ru
ii  libusb-0.1-4            2:0.1.12-13      userspace USB programming library
ii  libxml2                 2.7.6.dfsg-1     GNOME XML library
ii  media-player-info       4-1              Media player identification files
ii  python                  2.5.4-5          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-gnome2           2.28.0-1         Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii  python-gst0.10          0.10.17-1        generic media-playing framework (P
ii  python-gtk2             2.16.0-1         Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support          1.0.6            automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python2.5               2.5.4-3          An interactive high-level object-o
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages rhythmbox recommends:
ii  avahi-daemon             0.6.25-3        Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-ug 0.10.13-2       GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" 
ii  gvfs-backends            1.4.3-1         userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  hal                      0.5.14-1        Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  notification-daemon      0.4.0-2         a daemon that displays passive pop
ii  yelp                     2.28.0+webkit-2 Help browser for GNOME

Versions of packages rhythmbox suggests:
pn  gnome-codec-install           <none>     (no description available)
ii  gnome-control-center          1:2.28.1-2 utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad     0.10.17-1  GStreamer plugins from the "bad" s
ii  python-coherence              0.6.6.2-1  Python UPnP framework

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