** Description changed:

  I've had a number of problems lately with quodlibet and have traced them
  to the fact that quodlibet periodically writes garbage to the
  ~/.quodlibet/config file and to other files it uses, for example, the
- files in the ~/.quodlibet/playlists/ folder. When I've had problems with
- these files, I've looked at them and found that they had been changed
- from plain text to binary garbage. When I removed these files, quodlibet
- would start normally but later the files would again be corrupted. This
- may have something to do with the fact that X is crashing a lot on me
- lately. I think, but am not certain, that these files disappear or are
- changed to garbage when quodlibet is not cleanly shut down.
+ files in the ~/.quodlibet/playlists/ folder. When the config file is
+ corrupted, quodlibet fails to start at all and I get a message in the
+ console saying there's a problem with the console file. My playlists
+ occasionally disappear, in which case I find the same garbage in place
+ of a plain-text file. When I removed these files or replaced them with
+ backups, quodlibet would start normally but later the files would again
+ be corrupted and I would have the same problems and have to remove the
+ config file and copy the backups of my playlists back into the playlists
+ folder. This may have something to do with the fact that X is often
+ crashing lately. I think, but am not certain, that these files disappear
+ or are changed to garbage when quodlibet is not cleanly shut down.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: quodlibet 2.3.2-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-30.48-generic-pae 3.2.27
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic-pae i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep 16 12:08:04 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-  TERM=xterm
-  PATH=(custom, user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+  TERM=xterm
+  PATH=(custom, user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: quodlibet
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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  quodlibet fails to start due to garbage config file

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