I have the same problem when changing volume using the switch on the front of my laptop, it freezes every time. It seems to effect the Gnome panels particularly bad. It freezes with banshee as well, Its the main reason why I stick to Amarok. It appears to be a GTK thing.
-- Using funtion key to change volume of rhythmbox sometimes causes linux to freeze https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144330 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs