ok - after further investigation it does in-fact look like an upstream issue.
This is the bug report - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723839 The bug report contains a patch which I've added here for reference. Please this be applied? ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #723839 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=723839 ** Patch added: "patch for audioscrobbler issues" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1280498/+attachment/3991372/+files/audioscrobbler-Make-sure-gsettings-schema-path-end.patch -- 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/1280498 Title: rhythmbox-plugins lastfm plugin cannot be activated Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I was surprised to find that in 14.04 version of rhythmbox, the rhythmbox-plugins package was no longer a dependency. Was surprised further to find that the lastfm plugin cannot be successfully activated. In the terminal the following error was observed: (rhythmbox:2910): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not load image 'Last.fm- icon.png': Failed to open file '/usr/share/rhythmbox/plugins/audioscrobbler/Last.fm-icon.png': No such file or directory (rhythmbox:2910): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not load image 'Libre.fm- icon.png': Failed to open file '/usr/share/rhythmbox/plugins/audioscrobbler/Libre.fm-icon.png': No such file or directory Looking in this audioscrobber folder, indeed the only files visible is: ls /usr/share/rhythmbox/plugins/audioscrobbler/ audioscrobbler-preferences.ui audioscrobbler-profile.ui Last.fm-symbolic.svg Thus there definitely is a bug in the packaging - this error is not upstream in the gnome-github - so must be a ubuntu specific issue ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: rhythmbox-plugins 3.0.1-1ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-8.28-generic 3.13.2 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Feb 15 00:21:22 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-04 (10 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140204) SourcePackage: rhythmbox UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/1280498/+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
