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Hexorg Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 116
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:25 pm Post subject: Audacity can't start [gnome, pulseaudio] |
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Hello,
I'm trying to get audacity running. At first when I try to start it, it says "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the preferences dialog." Then after I press OK, it would crash with segmentation fault.
I found somewhere online that it needs "bug buddy" to report crashes. After I installed bug buddy, there is no segmentation fault anymore, but I still can't start it. And I can't see absolutely any error logs, except that warning about temporary files.
Interesting enough, though, is that I can start it from root just fine. I've found that /dev/dsp may deny access to my user account, but I don't even have /dev/dsp
What else can I try? |
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audiodef Watchman
Joined: 06 Jul 2005 Posts: 6639 Location: The soundosphere
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ahgblopes Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 16 Oct 2011 Posts: 102 Location: Brazil :(
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 1:30 am Post subject: |
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I'm getting the same error... (root runs fine, but not the normal user)
PLEASE HELP!! |
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ahgblopes Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 16 Oct 2011 Posts: 102 Location: Brazil :(
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Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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ahgblopes wrote: | I'm getting the same error... (root runs fine, but not the normal user)
PLEASE HELP!! |
SOLVED!
FOR ME, this was causing the error:
I had an user called ah, but for obscure reasons i removed it and made another user. Days later, i created again an user called ah, but...
This folder: /var/tmp/audacity-ah was without write permission, so i simply remove it (as root) and created it again (as normal user). Everything runs fine now.
Yes, this IS a bug. Audacity should tell us about permissions, not about location not found!! |
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