Yes, like the daily PPA I tried, the hang is gone in -proposed. When this is due to the proxy setting, the Ubuntu Music pane shows an error message "Cannot connect to proxy (localhost)", which seems pretty helpful.
When this is due to the network cable being unplugged, the pane shows first a blank grey screen, then a blank white screen, with no error information. So much better for people with intermittent connections. And hopefully it'll be fixed _properly_ at some point :). Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to banshee in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875632 Title: When http_proxy is unreachable, banshee spins 200% cpu (and may lock entire system if unlucky, requiring unclean reboot) Status in Banshee Music Player: Fix Released Status in “banshee” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “banshee” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Status in “banshee” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: System Settings -> Network -> Network proxy You can set e.g. "localhost", port "9090", assuming you're not running any service on that port. Now run Banshee, and attempt to use the Online Media->Internet Archive. Banshee will stop responding to any input, and go into an infinite loop (on at least two different threads). It is possible to reproduce situations where Banshee will hang while a context menu is open. It is then not possible to switch to a different application. An inexperienced user would be forced to hard- reboot the machine, which could cause data loss. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: banshee 2.2.0-1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Oct 16 11:29:30 2011 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: banshee UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-14 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/banshee/+bug/875632/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

