This was fixed with a patch to rhythmbox last week. The mpris interface name was incorrect.
** Package changed: indicator-sound (Ubuntu) => rhythmbox (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released ** Changed in: rhythmbox (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Conor Curran (cjcurran) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/942596 Title: when Rhythmbox dies, indicator-sound will no longer start it Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: If Rhythmbox dies, selecting "rhythmbox" from the indicator-sound menu doesn't do anything. To reproduce 1- Start rhythmbox from indicator-sound menu 2- Do "killall rhythmbox" from command line 3- Attempt to click on rhythmbox from indicator-sound menu Expected results: I expect rhythmbox to get spawned again Actual results: Nothing happens ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: indicator-sound 0.8.2.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Feb 28 08:07:42 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302) SourcePackage: indicator-sound UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-03 (55 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/942596/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp