Rhythmbox error: will only play music as root [SOLVED]

Hello, Rhythmbox refuses to play anything as a normal user, but runs completely fine under root. I am indeed under the audio group, as far as I know I *should* have the right permissions. It'll load correctly (seemingly), but when I go to press Play, the button "presses down," but nothing will ever play; the cursor won't move. Everything is updated, all codecs are installed... I really don't know what to do with it at this point. I figure it's permission-related given that it works under root, but really, I don't know. I would really appreciate some help.
Last edited by LegendaryQ (2011-10-16 01:14:50)

Yeah, there is a GTK+ error:
EDIT: the GTK+ error repeats numerous times, and doesn't appear when trying to play a song.
EDIT EDIT: this is without the debug option.
(rhythmbox:10638): Rhythmbox-WARNING **: Unable to start mDNS browsing: MDNS service is not running
(rhythmbox:10638): libdmapsharing-WARNING **: Unable to initialize mDNS: Daemon not running
(rhythmbox:10638): libdmapsharing-WARNING **: Unable to notify network of media sharing: The avahi MDNS service is not running
(rhythmbox:10638): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_style_provider_get_style_property: assertion `g_type_is_a (gtk_widget_path_get_object_type (path), pspec->owner_type)' failed
Thing is, all these errors are present when running as root.
Last edited by LegendaryQ (2011-10-16 00:40:42)

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