Audacity will not open.

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#1

Hello, i install Audacity the other day, and it will not start. When i open it in the konsole, i get the following.

ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server socket jack server is not running or cannot be started Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3857  (audacity:3187): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type 'xpm' is not supported  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_size: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_depth: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed  (audacity:3187): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type 'xpm' is not supported  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_size: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_depth: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_drawable_get_image: assertion `GDK_IS_DRAWABLE (drawable)' failed  (audacity:3187): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_image_get_colormap: assertion `GDK_IS_IMAGE (image)' failed  (audacity:3187): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed The program 'audacity' received an X Window System error. This probably reflects a bug in the program. The error was 'BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)'.   (Details: serial 1724 error_code 11 request_code 53 minor_code 0)   (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;                           that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.                                  To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line                                     option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful                                  backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Does anyone know what’s wrong? thnaks

#2

You will need to provide some more info, such as: Version of openSUSE; what desktop (KDE/Gnome); does your sound card work with other audio apps (give examples); what repository supplied your version of audacity and what version is it? Plus anything that you think might also be useful.

#3

try to install audacity-plugins which seems to be requirement of audacity and doesnt installed default with audacity by yast
the problem exists since opensuse 11.2

#4

Your problem has not been seen on this PC.

running from a terminal the output is as follows; for loading file, then playing,
then exiting without saving

suggest you download one of the scripts: mmcheck or soundtest
to find out what you are missing

<2012Jun12><16:32><~>  audacity
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2212:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3857
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1035
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1192
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1433
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2105
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3875
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3875
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:612:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
      this statement occurred 100 times
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:612:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1035
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1192
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1433
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2105
<2012Jun12><16:34><~> 

System:    Host: linux-qz4c Kernel: 3.4.2-28-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) 
           Desktop KDE 4.8.4 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed (x86_64) VERSION = 12.1 CODENAME = Asparagus
Audio:     Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: 1.0.25