#834721 rhythmbox window becomes black, still it plays the songs and responds to multimedia keys

Package:
rhythmbox
Source:
rhythmbox
Description:
music player and organizer for GNOME
Submitter:
Fernando Santagata
Date:
2021-03-16 08:03:02 UTC
Severity:
important
#834721#5
Date:
2016-08-18 10:02:34 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,
I'm using Debian sid. After the last update/upgrade cycle rhythmbox window
becomes black after a while, still the program appears to work, the multimedia
keys on my keyboard work, but the program appears not responding.
When I try to close the window, the window manager (I'm running Xfce) shows a
pop-up with the message "This window might be busy and is not responding. Do
you want to terminate the application?".
I tried to run the program from a terminal, but what I get is just:

(rhythmbox:16054): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

(rhythmbox:16054): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to grab media player keys:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.gnome.SettingsDaemon was not provided by any .service files

(rhythmbox:16054): Json-CRITICAL **: json_node_get_object: assertion
'JSON_NODE_IS_VALID (node)' failed

Thank you!
#834721#10
Date:
2016-08-18 10:16:23 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

I must add that this bug appears only when I change workspace. Until
then the rhythmbox window works fine.
#834721#15
Date:
2016-08-18 10:40:19 UTC
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To:
Sorry for this rather sparse bug report.

I have to add that the multimedia key I wrote about emit this command:

/usr/bin/rhythmbox-client --play-pause

so apparently the backend works fine and just the frontend freezes.
#834721#20
Date:
2021-03-16 07:58:00 UTC
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To:
Please provide exact steps to reproduce the issue.