SongBird 1.2 won’t start on Ubuntu 9.04: Fix

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256px It was strange and I was struggling to get songbird 1.2.0 to start on Ubuntu 9.04. For some reason songbird 1.2.0 won’t start on Ubuntu 9.04. I did some reading on line and found the culprit which was causing it to not start. All you have to do is to remove the package named libvisual-0.4-plugins.

In order to remove and start enjoying SongBird on ubuntu 9.04 again follow the steps:

1. Bring up the terminal by hitting ALT+f2 and typing gnome-terminal.

2. Type the following to remove libvisual-0.4-plugins

sudo apt-get remove libvisual-0.4-plugins

3. That’s it. Now you can enjoy SongBird again.

Note: More information about the package libvisual-0.4-plugins can be found at http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper-backports/sound/libvisual-0.4-plugins

This entry was posted by Vivek on August 25, 2009 at 11:57 am, and is filed under Featured, How-to, Linux, Ubuntu. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

Glowndark

Are you sure at all, mine works just fine with libvisual and plugins installed ??? except that it launches a bit slow. but Songbird rocks!
Glowndark

Are you sure at all, mine works just fine with libvisual and plugins installed ??? except that it launches a bit slow. but Songbird rocks!
http://linuxhub.net/ Vivek

@GlownDark. My songbird was not launching and hence I had to look for a solution and removing libvisual worked like charm and hence I thought I’d share! Your slow launch could be some buggy extension! Which one’s do you use?
http://linuxhub.net Vivek

@GlownDark. My songbird was not launching and hence I had to look for a solution and removing libvisual worked like charm and hence I thought I’d share! Your slow launch could be some buggy extension! Which one’s do you use?
SantAnna

Vivek you are right, this problem was driving me crazy.
Thank you

Hugs
SantAnna

Vivek you are right, this problem was driving me crazy.
Thank you

Hugs
Glowndark

MediaFlow, NowPlaying, Lyrics and some skins. If libvisual and plugins removed, will other stuffs get affected? like visualization in Rhythmbox?
XBMC?
Glowndark

MediaFlow, NowPlaying, Lyrics and some skins. If libvisual and plugins removed, will other stuffs get affected? like visualization in Rhythmbox?
XBMC?
http://linuxhub.net/ Vivek

@SantAnna I am glad it helped!
http://linuxhub.net Vivek

@SantAnna I am glad it helped!
http://linuxhub.net/ Vivek

@Glowndark I use all those extensions myself and everything is working fine including rythmbox visualization!
http://linuxhub.net Vivek

@Glowndark I use all those extensions myself and everything is working fine including rythmbox visualization!
http://benphelps.me/ Ben Phelps

Thanks so much, working great now!
http://benphelps.me/ Ben Phelps

Thanks so much, working great now!
binar00mind

Happy that I came across this one, did not try your trick as of yet..
I only want to add that my problems started after update of
gstreamers. and i was getting error that “lame 0″ cannot be loaded.
I will get back here with my results.
binar00mind

Happy that I came across this one, did not try your trick as of yet..
I only want to add that my problems started after update of
gstreamers. and i was getting error that “lame 0″ cannot be loaded.
I will get back here with my results.
Gutterslob

Thanks mate,

This worked like a charm. Found your site through good ol Google

Cheers.
Gutterslob

Thanks mate,

This worked like a charm. Found your site through good ol Google

Cheers.
abegely

removed libvisual-0.4-plugins but songbird still won’t start
abegely

removed libvisual-0.4-plugins but songbird still won’t start
Liza

I love u. Really. Thank you very much.
Liza

I love u. Really. Thank you very much.
Slave4Christ

well my songbird is dead it just wont launch and I used the command to remove those libs and it still dont work.
Slave4Christ

well my songbird is dead it just wont launch and I used the command to remove those libs and it still dont work.
Apache

I was also having this same problem, but then after removing all 'libgst' files from the 'Songbird/lib' directory and removing the libvisual-0.4-plugins, I was getting;

(songbird-bin:3375): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

as an error under Terminal. But I managed to get Songbird to run by adding 'sudo -H' to the begining of my command (sudo -H Songbird/songbird).

Worked for me so I hope it helps someone!