rhythmbox locks up and freezes lts 10.04

Asked by Vincenzo

i enjoy playing my music and lately am frustrated that rhythmbox every so often keeps locking up. I cant do anything the application turns a shade of gray. No matter what i press it will not work then as I press the close in the corner it says if i want to force quit. I press yes and it closes the application. I then reload and it will work ok for a while.

For instance this morning I have had to close the rhythmbox application 2/3 times. On opening it is ok for a while. I have tried using just the application and no browsers but this makes no diffrence.

I have kept the system up to date but do not know how to trouble shoot the issue.
could you help me
thanks Vince

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

Do other apps run ok?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#2

Well, media player apps....

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Vincenzo (vincenzo-iaciofano) said :
#3

I do not have any other apps apart from the standard. Everything else seems to work ok. I did have trouble in the begining with the sound card and display but it seems ok now.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#4

Try other apps, there are plenty of media apps available. You need to see if it is isolated to rhythmbox or if it is all players

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Vincenzo (vincenzo-iaciofano) said :
#5

Is there a way i can look at the application. Does it have a crash file. Can i make sure it is updated to the latest version

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#6

if you run it in terminal, you willsee the useful output.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#7

Cold try:

rm -rf ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/
rm -rf ~/.cache/rhythmbox/
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/rhythmbox/

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Vincenzo (vincenzo-iaciofano) said :
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I have done a search on the net and found that down loading podcasts have affected others. i have stopped this and have lost the look of the pod casts so wonder if this is the issue. i will try that.
although technically up on issues i am a newbie to ubuntu and need a how to follow re terminal. thanks for your help.

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Vincenzo (vincenzo-iaciofano) said :
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i have cured the issue i hope. i had been dowloading podcasts and there was over 30 which were there but no open. I deleted most of them and ran a scan from within rythmbox. it now seems to respond and is not locking up. before i could try only once to forward a track and it would lock up. now it seems ok.
thanks for your help
vinnychoff

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Vincenzo (vincenzo-iaciofano) said :
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it must have been the amount of downloads in the program. once i deleted the majority. the program now works ok