This has been a problem for me for a long time, tagged as regression as Rhythmbox used to have an "Open to system tray" option in the menu. There is also still an option flag '--hide' in the rhythmbox-client manpage which hasn't worked for some time, it reports "Unknown Option"
** Tags added: regression -- 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/1075196 Title: Rhythmbox never starts minimized Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts: New Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi! I'm on Quantal (12.10). What I expected: If I lunch rhythmbox (2.97-1ubuntu6) from Dash, from Alt+F2, from terminal ecc it should show the main window. If i start it from the sound menu (by clicking the Play button, not the application name) it should start and start playing without showing me the main window. What I obtain: There's no actually a way to start rhythmbox minimized. In old versions there was an option --hide to launch it without showing the main window. In newer versions there should be a gsetting key that remember the last state (minimized, normal, maximized). In the last verion it's simply impossible to launch it minimized. Way to replicate this: Open rhythmbox, then closed it (Ctrl+Q), then push "Play" in sound Menu. It does not start playing and, instead show the main window. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/1075196/+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
