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Description of problem: After upgrading to Fedora 16 (from 15), it is not possible to start rhythmbox anymore: [gert@jupiter tmp]$ rhythmbox Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed import gobject._gobject TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases ** ERROR:pygobject.c:929:pygobject_new_full: assertion failed: (tp != NULL) Aborted [gert@jupiter tmp]$ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.90.1-17.git20110927.fc16 How reproducible: On the commandline type "rhythmbox" Steps to Reproduce: 1. On the commandline type "rhythmbox" 2. 3. Actual results: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module" /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gobject/constants.py:24: Warning: g_boxed_type_register_static: assertion `g_type_from_name (name) == 0' failed import gobject._gobject TypeError: metaclass conflict: the metaclass of a derived class must be a (non-strict) subclass of the metaclasses of all its bases ** ERROR:pygobject.c:929:pygobject_new_full: assertion failed: (tp != NULL) Aborted Expected results: rhythmbox application started and ready for playing some music. Additional info:
Looks like the same problem as in Bug 743678, I can workaround the problem by removing the magnatune plugin: sudo rm -rf /usr/lib64/rhythmbox/plugins/magnatune
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 743678 ***