That bug has been described on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/30119

"Rythmbox hangs when launched or trying to access files and folders stored in a network folder before gnome-keyring is authorised ("opened") in a session.

Rythmbox should prompt the user for their keyring password, e.g. as Nautilus does.
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> Thanks for your bug. Do you still have the issue with the updates for that package?
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http://librarian.launchpad.net/1576664/debug-backtrace
I have version 0.9.3.1 installed.

It still locks up when starting; thats is it tries to start loading the library and then hangs!

I've attached a backtrace from a crash just now.
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> Do you try to import for a network share or do you have some network songs to your library? According to upstream that should work fine. Is the backtrace reflecting an hang or a crash that may be a different issue? What kind of share do you use (smb, ftp, sftp, ...)?
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It is a username/password protected smb share.

All the music is in a folder called "music" on the smb share. There are also 3 podcasts feeds with their downloaded files stored localy on the computer under "/home/dominic/Podcasts".

The backtrace was generated by:

1. Start Computer
2. Login
3. Start Rhythmbox (0.9.3.1)
4. Hang/Lockup starts
5. gdb -p $(pidof rhythmbox)
6. (gdb) thread apply all bt

The only way to close Rhythmbox is by:

"Right click > Close" and then select close from the Force Close dialogue.



Forget to add that the music is already loaded into the library.

You dont have time to do anything like import or even display the about dialogue box before the crash/hang/lockup happens"