I was having trouble with this in karmic, but then I saw this other bug report that suggests turning off accessibility. Maybe this will work for someone here as well
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/308370 System > Assistive Technologies > disable That bug has supposedly been fixed, but it's still there in on my x64 karmic system. -- Changing volume with function keys hangs the system when Rhythmbox is in focus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258559 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs