I ran into the same problem, and had to resort to the same alternate
console approach to close rhythmbox.
I also agree that the LTS release should have a more mature integration
for default programs, especially considering the Unity desktop.
:~$ apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
Installed: 2.96-0ubuntu4
Candidate: 2.96-0ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 2.96-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/990594
Title:
No way to exit part mode in Rhythmbox
Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
I was messing around with Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 12.04 trying to get a
display I liked. I saw "Party Mode" under the View menu and selected
it to see what it was. I got a full-screen instance of Rhythmbox with
NO WAY TO EXIT! No menus were available, no keys like ESC etc. worked
to revert to regular mode. I could bring up the dash with the hotkey
(Super) or use alt-tab etc. to ask to switch windows but none of that
changed the display: Rhythmbox still took up the entire screen.
I could find no way to get rid of it except resorting to CTRL-ALT-F1,
logging on the console, using ps to find the PID and kill it. If I
wasn't knowledgeable enough to do that, I guess my only option would
be to use the power button on my system!!
That can't be right.
If Rhythmbox is going to be the official music player in Ubuntu
someone needs to do some work to get it to integrate better into
Unity. At the very least you should remove this menu item until such
time as it can be made to work properly.
~$ apt-cache policy rhythmbox
rhythmbox:
Installed: 2.96-0ubuntu4
Candidate: 2.96-0ubuntu4
Version table:
*** 2.96-0ubuntu4 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release: 12.04
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