Audacity 2.1.2-1 launch - core dump - support

Hi,

I am on Kubuntu 16.04 and have audacity 2.1.2-1 from the *ubuntu repo. I have been trying to find a clue to this issue without success. Every attempt to start gets a core dump with the message below. I have checked permissions (directories, audio group), removed everything from previous installs/versions (~/.audacity). and nothing seems to really change/work. Any idea what this error means and what should be addressed to allow audacity to launch?

Thanks.

root@Linux-AMD-6:/home/marc/Downloads# audacity
*** Error in `audacity': munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f4f7c1ce7c0 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x777e5)[0x7f4f760587e5]
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(cfree+0x1a8)[0x7f4f76065698]
audacity(_ZN8wxStringD2Ev+0x11)[0x561061]
/usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0(+0x13167e)[0x7f4f7c2e167e]
/usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0(_ZNK8wxCSConv8DoCreateEv+0x6d9)[0x7f4f7c2e32d9]
/usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0(_ZN8wxCSConvC2E14wxFontEncoding+0x83)[0x7f4f7c2e40f3]
/usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0(_Z20wxGet_wxConvLocalPtrv+0x41)[0x7f4f7c2e43e1]
/usr/local/lib/libwx_baseu-3.0.so.0(+0x6ea72)[0x7f4f7c21ea72]
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2(+0x106ba)[0x7f4f7e2d66ba]
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2(+0x107cb)[0x7f4f7e2d67cb]
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2(+0xc6a)[0x7f4f7e2c6c6a]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00cce000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1967170                            /usr/bin/audacity
00ece000-00ecf000 r--p 008ce000 08:03 1967170                            /usr/bin/audacity
00ecf000-00f5c000 rw-p 008cf000 08:03 1967170                            /usr/bin/audacity
00f5c000-00f8d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
017d5000-01828000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0                                  [heap]
7f4f65195000-7f4f65593000 r--p 00000000 08:03 1966501                    /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive
7f4f65593000-7f4f66e49000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971679                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicudata.so.55.1
7f4f66e49000-7f4f67048000 ---p 018b6000 08:03 1971679                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicudata.so.55.1
7f4f67048000-7f4f67049000 r--p 018b5000 08:03 1971679                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicudata.so.55.1
7f4f67049000-7f4f6704a000 rw-p 018b6000 08:03 1971679                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicudata.so.55.1
7f4f6704a000-7f4f6704d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1310762                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.5
7f4f6704d000-7f4f6724c000 ---p 00003000 08:03 1310762                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.5
7f4f6724c000-7f4f6724d000 r--p 00002000 08:03 1310762                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.5
7f4f6724d000-7f4f6724e000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 1310762                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.5
7f4f6724e000-7f4f67271000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968030                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3.0.1
7f4f67271000-7f4f67470000 ---p 00023000 08:03 1968030                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3.0.1
7f4f67470000-7f4f67472000 r--p 00022000 08:03 1968030                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3.0.1
7f4f67472000-7f4f67473000 rw-p 00024000 08:03 1968030                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3.0.1
7f4f67473000-7f4f675f2000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971714                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55.1
7f4f675f2000-7f4f677f2000 ---p 0017f000 08:03 1971714                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55.1
7f4f677f2000-7f4f67802000 r--p 0017f000 08:03 1971714                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55.1
7f4f67802000-7f4f67803000 rw-p 0018f000 08:03 1971714                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55.1
7f4f67803000-7f4f67807000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f67807000-7f4f67811000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968692                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f4f67811000-7f4f67a10000 ---p 0000a000 08:03 1968692                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f4f67a10000-7f4f67a11000 r--p 00009000 08:03 1968692                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f4f67a11000-7f4f67a12000 rw-p 0000a000 08:03 1968692                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5support.so.0.1
7f4f67a12000-7f4f67a15000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1311023                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f4f67a15000-7f4f67c14000 ---p 00003000 08:03 1311023                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f4f67c14000-7f4f67c15000 r--p 00002000 08:03 1311023                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f4f67c15000-7f4f67c16000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 1311023                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcom_err.so.2.1
7f4f67c16000-7f4f67c42000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968433                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f4f67c42000-7f4f67e41000 ---p 0002c000 08:03 1968433                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f4f67e41000-7f4f67e43000 r--p 0002b000 08:03 1968433                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f4f67e43000-7f4f67e44000 rw-p 0002d000 08:03 1968433                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libk5crypto.so.3.1
7f4f67e44000-7f4f67e45000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f67e45000-7f4f67f08000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968430                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f4f67f08000-7f4f68108000 ---p 000c3000 08:03 1968430                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f4f68108000-7f4f68115000 r--p 000c3000 08:03 1968430                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f4f68115000-7f4f68117000 rw-p 000d0000 08:03 1968430                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkrb5.so.3.3
7f4f68117000-7f4f68129000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1311637                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0.17.0
7f4f68129000-7f4f68329000 ---p 00012000 08:03 1311637                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0.17.0
7f4f68329000-7f4f6832a000 r--p 00012000 08:03 1311637                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0.17.0
7f4f6832a000-7f4f6832b000 rw-p 00013000 08:03 1311637                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0.17.0
7f4f6832b000-7f4f68330000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968098                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f4f68330000-7f4f6852f000 ---p 00005000 08:03 1968098                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f4f6852f000-7f4f68530000 r--p 00004000 08:03 1968098                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f4f68530000-7f4f68531000 rw-p 00005000 08:03 1968098                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
7f4f68531000-7f4f68533000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968543                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f4f68533000-7f4f68733000 ---p 00002000 08:03 1968543                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f4f68733000-7f4f68734000 r--p 00002000 08:03 1968543                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f4f68734000-7f4f68735000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 1968543                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6.0.0
7f4f68735000-7f4f6873b000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966429                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1.3.3
7f4f6873b000-7f4f6893b000 ---p 00006000 08:03 1966429                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1.3.3
7f4f6893b000-7f4f6893c000 r--p 00006000 08:03 1966429                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1.3.3
7f4f6893c000-7f4f6893d000 rw-p 00007000 08:03 1966429                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1.3.3
7f4f6893d000-7f4f68999000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1972500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0.10000.1
7f4f68999000-7f4f68b99000 ---p 0005c000 08:03 1972500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0.10000.1
7f4f68b99000-7f4f68b9a000 r--p 0005c000 08:03 1972500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0.10000.1
7f4f68b9a000-7f4f68b9b000 rw-p 0005d000 08:03 1972500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0.10000.1
7f4f68b9b000-7f4f68bb2000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1318052                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv-2.23.so
7f4f68bb2000-7f4f68db2000 ---p 00017000 08:03 1318052                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv-2.23.so
7f4f68db2000-7f4f68db3000 r--p 00017000 08:03 1318052                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv-2.23.so
7f4f68db3000-7f4f68db4000 rw-p 00018000 08:03 1318052                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv-2.23.so
7f4f68db4000-7f4f68db6000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f68db6000-7f4f68dd5000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1312076                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1
7f4f68dd5000-7f4f68fd4000 ---p 0001f000 08:03 1312076                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1
7f4f68fd4000-7f4f68fd5000 r--p 0001e000 08:03 1312076                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1
7f4f68fd5000-7f4f68fd6000 rw-p 0001f000 08:03 1312076                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1
7f4f68fd6000-7f4f68fd8000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f68fd8000-7f4f68fe9000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971196                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6.5.1
7f4f68fe9000-7f4f691e9000 ---p 00011000 08:03 1971196                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6.5.1
7f4f691e9000-7f4f691ea000 r--p 00011000 08:03 1971196                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6.5.1
7f4f691ea000-7f4f691eb000 rw-p 00012000 08:03 1971196                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtasn1.so.6.5.1
7f4f691eb000-7f4f6921c000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966811                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11.6.15
7f4f6921c000-7f4f6941c000 ---p 00031000 08:03 1966811                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11.6.15
7f4f6941c000-7f4f6941d000 r--p 00031000 08:03 1966811                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libidn.so.11.6.15
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7f4f6941e000-7f4f69477000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968627                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0
7f4f69477000-7f4f69676000 ---p 00059000 08:03 1968627                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libp11-kit.so.0.1.0
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7f4f69682000-7f4f69833000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971702                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.3
7f4f69833000-7f4f69a32000 ---p 001b1000 08:03 1971702                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.3
7f4f69a32000-7f4f69a3a000 r--p 001b0000 08:03 1971702                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxml2.so.2.9.3
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7f4f69a3c000-7f4f69a3d000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f69a3d000-7f4f69abc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968927                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.3.0
7f4f69abc000-7f4f69cbb000 ---p 0007f000 08:03 1968927                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.3.0
7f4f69cbb000-7f4f69cbc000 r--p 0007e000 08:03 1968927                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.3.0
7f4f69cbc000-7f4f69cbd000 rw-p 0007f000 08:03 1968927                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmp.so.10.3.0
7f4f69cbd000-7f4f69cf1000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1976993                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6.2
7f4f69cf1000-7f4f69ef0000 ---p 00034000 08:03 1976993                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6.2
7f4f69ef0000-7f4f69ef2000 r--p 00033000 08:03 1976993                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6.2
7f4f69ef2000-7f4f69ef3000 rw-p 00035000 08:03 1976993                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnettle.so.6.2
7f4f69ef3000-7f4f69f25000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1970274                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4.2
7f4f69f25000-7f4f6a124000 ---p 00032000 08:03 1970274                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4.2
7f4f6a124000-7f4f6a125000 r--p 00031000 08:03 1970274                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4.2
7f4f6a125000-7f4f6a126000 rw-p 00032000 08:03 1970274                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libhogweed.so.4.2
7f4f6a126000-7f4f6a16d000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f4f6a16d000-7f4f6a36c000 ---p 00047000 08:03 1966500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f4f6a36c000-7f4f6a36e000 r--p 00046000 08:03 1966500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f4f6a36e000-7f4f6a370000 rw-p 00048000 08:03 1966500                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2
7f4f6a370000-7f4f6a448000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1311125                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20.0.5
7f4f6a448000-7f4f6a647000 ---p 000d8000 08:03 1311125                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20.0.5
7f4f6a647000-7f4f6a648000 r--p 000d7000 08:03 1311125                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20.0.5
7f4f6a648000-7f4f6a650000 rw-p 000d8000 08:03 1311125                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20.0.5
7f4f6a650000-7f4f6a651000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
7f4f6a651000-7f4f6a6cc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1990613                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liborc-0.4.so.0.25.0
7f4f6a6cc000-7f4f6a8cb000 ---p 0007b000 08:03 1990613                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liborc-0.4.so.0.25.0
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7f4f6a8cd000-7f4f6a8d1000 rw-p 0007c000 08:03 1990613                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liborc-0.4.so.0.25.0
7f4f6a8d1000-7f4f6a8db000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966503                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnuma.so.1.0.0
7f4f6a8db000-7f4f6aada000 ---p 0000a000 08:03 1966503                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnuma.so.1.0.0
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7f4f6aadc000-7f4f6aae7000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966513                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0
7f4f6aae7000-7f4f6ace6000 ---p 0000b000 08:03 1966513                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0
7f4f6ace6000-7f4f6ace7000 r--p 0000a000 08:03 1966513                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0
7f4f6ace7000-7f4f6acea000 rw-p 0000b000 08:03 1966513                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0
7f4f6acea000-7f4f6acee000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1311184                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7f4f6acee000-7f4f6aeed000 ---p 00004000 08:03 1311184                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7f4f6aeed000-7f4f6aeee000 r--p 00003000 08:03 1311184                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7f4f6aeee000-7f4f6aeef000 rw-p 00004000 08:03 1311184                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1.3.0
7f4f6aeef000-7f4f6af05000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968839                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f4f6af05000-7f4f6b104000 ---p 00016000 08:03 1968839                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f4f6b104000-7f4f6b105000 r--p 00015000 08:03 1968839                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f4f6b105000-7f4f6b106000 rw-p 00016000 08:03 1968839                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libICE.so.6.3.0
7f4f6b106000-7f4f6b109000 rw-p 00000000 00:00 0 
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7f4f6b111000-7f4f6b311000 ---p 00008000 08:03 1968010                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b311000-7f4f6b312000 r--p 00008000 08:03 1968010                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b312000-7f4f6b313000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 1968010                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b313000-7f4f6b315000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1973321                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b315000-7f4f6b515000 ---p 00002000 08:03 1973321                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b515000-7f4f6b516000 r--p 00002000 08:03 1973321                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b516000-7f4f6b517000 rw-p 00003000 08:03 1973321                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0.0.0
7f4f6b517000-7f4f6b5b6000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966718                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0.33.6
7f4f6b5b6000-7f4f6b7b6000 ---p 0009f000 08:03 1966718                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0.33.6
7f4f6b7b6000-7f4f6b7be000 r--p 0009f000 08:03 1966718                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0.33.6
7f4f6b7be000-7f4f6b7bf000 rw-p 000a7000 08:03 1966718                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0.33.6
7f4f6b7bf000-7f4f6b863000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1966954                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.12.1
7f4f6b863000-7f4f6ba62000 ---p 000a4000 08:03 1966954                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.12.1
7f4f6ba62000-7f4f6ba68000 r--p 000a3000 08:03 1966954                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.12.1
7f4f6ba68000-7f4f6ba69000 rw-p 000a9000 08:03 1966954                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6.12.1
7f4f6ba69000-7f4f6ba8a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971939                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
7f4f6ba8a000-7f4f6bc89000 ---p 00021000 08:03 1971939                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
7f4f6bc89000-7f4f6bc8a000 r--p 00020000 08:03 1971939                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
7f4f6bc8a000-7f4f6bc8b000 rw-p 00021000 08:03 1971939                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0
7f4f6bc8b000-7f4f6bc93000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1969894                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0.2.4
7f4f6bc93000-7f4f6be92000 ---p 00008000 08:03 1969894                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0.2.4
7f4f6be92000-7f4f6be93000 r--p 00007000 08:03 1969894                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0.2.4
7f4f6be93000-7f4f6be94000 rw-p 00008000 08:03 1969894                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0.2.4
7f4f6be94000-7f4f6c03a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1967355                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.3.so
7f4f6c03a000-7f4f6c239000 ---p 001a6000 08:03 1967355                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.3.so
7f4f6c239000-7f4f6c240000 r--p 001a5000 08:03 1967355                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.3.so
7f4f6c240000-7f4f6c241000 rw-p 001ac000 08:03 1967355                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdb-5.3.so
7f4f6c241000-7f4f6c2af000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1318211                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3.13.2
7f4f6c2af000-7f4f6c4af000 ---p 0006e000 08:03 1318211                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3.13.2
7f4f6c4af000-7f4f6c4b0000 r--p 0006e000 08:03 1318211                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3.13.2
7f4f6c4b0000-7f4f6c4b1000 rw-p 0006f000 08:03 1318211                    /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3.13.2
7f4f6c4b1000-7f4f6c4b8000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1968897                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6.0.4
7f4f6c4b8000-7f4f6c6b7000 ---p 00007000 08:03 1968897                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6.0.4
7f4f6c6b7000-7f4f6c6b8000 r--p 00006000 08:03 1968897                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6.0.4
7f4f6c6b8000-7f4f6c6b9000 rw-p 00007000 08:03 1968897                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6.0.4
7f4f6c6b9000-7f4f6c6ca000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1967046                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f4f6c6ca000-7f4f6c8c9000 ---p 00011000 08:03 1967046                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f4f6c8c9000-7f4f6c8ca000 r--p 00010000 08:03 1967046                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f4f6c8ca000-7f4f6c8cb000 rw-p 00011000 08:03 1967046                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6.4.0
7f4f6c8cb000-7f4f6c8cd000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971025                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f4f6c8cd000-7f4f6cacc000 ---p 00002000 08:03 1971025                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f4f6cacc000-7f4f6cacd000 r--p 00001000 08:03 1971025                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f4f6cacd000-7f4f6cace000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 1971025                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1.1.0
7f4f6cace000-7f4f6cad0000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1972343                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f4f6cad0000-7f4f6cccf000 ---p 00002000 08:03 1972343                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f4f6cccf000-7f4f6ccd0000 r--p 00001000 08:03 1972343                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f4f6ccd0000-7f4f6ccd1000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 1972343                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1.0.0
7f4f6ccd1000-7f4f6ccda000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1973328                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f4f6ccda000-7f4f6ced9000 ---p 00009000 08:03 1973328                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f4f6ced9000-7f4f6ceda000 r--p 00008000 08:03 1973328                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f4f6ceda000-7f4f6cedb000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 1973328                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
7f4f6cedb000-7f4f6cee5000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1967986                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
7f4f6cee5000-7f4f6d0e4000 ---p 0000a000 08:03 1967986                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
7f4f6d0e4000-7f4f6d0e5000 r--p 00009000 08:03 1967986                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
7f4f6d0e5000-7f4f6d0e6000 rw-p 0000a000 08:03 1967986                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2.2.0
7f4f6d0e6000-7f4f6d0f5000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1970930                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6.1.0
7f4f6d0f5000-7f4f6d2f4000 ---p 0000f000 08:03 1970930                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6.1.0
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7f4f6d2f6000-7f4f6d2f8000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1983658                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f4f6d2f8000-7f4f6d4f7000 ---p 00002000 08:03 1983658                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f4f6d4f7000-7f4f6d4f8000 r--p 00001000 08:03 1983658                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f4f6d4f8000-7f4f6d4f9000 rw-p 00002000 08:03 1983658                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
7f4f6d4f9000-7f4f6d502000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1975689                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f4f6d502000-7f4f6d701000 ---p 00009000 08:03 1975689                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f4f6d701000-7f4f6d702000 r--p 00008000 08:03 1975689                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f4f6d702000-7f4f6d703000 rw-p 00009000 08:03 1975689                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1.3.0
7f4f6d703000-7f4f6d740000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971035                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1.9.0
7f4f6d740000-7f4f6d93f000 ---p 0003d000 08:03 1971035                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1.9.0
7f4f6d93f000-7f4f6d941000 r--p 0003c000 08:03 1971035                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1.9.0
7f4f6d941000-7f4f6d946000 rw-p 0003e000 08:03 1971035                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1.9.0
7f4f6d946000-7f4f6d95a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1967765                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.3800.1
7f4f6d95a000-7f4f6db5a000 ---p 00014000 08:03 1967765                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.3800.1
7f4f6db5a000-7f4f6db5b000 r--p 00014000 08:03 1967765                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.3800.1
7f4f6db5b000-7f4f6db5c000 rw-p 00015000 08:03 1967765                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0.3800.1
7f4f6db5c000-7f4f6dcdc000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 1971794                    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0.4800.2Aborted (core dumped)

Are you running as root?

Not running as root… but I did try with root as well as my id from the CLI and got the same error.

Thanks.

OK, Audacity should not be run as root, but I noticed that your first message indicated that you were.

This is not a known bug to us, and I’ve only found a handful of similar reports on Google, but nothing specific to Audacity 2.1.2 on Kubuntu.

There has been a lot of recent work to improve exception handling and fixing memory leaks, so if this is a problem in Audacity 2.1.2 then it may be fixed in the current 2.1.3 version (Audacity 2.1.2 is a couple of years old). Also, the problem is not necessarily in the Audacity code - it could be in one of the libraries that Audacity 2.1.2 was built against.

Our version of Audacity does not create ~/.audacity, but it does create ~/.audacity-files and ~/.audacity-data
Ensure that both of those directories are deleted, and then reboot the computer (to clean out any Audacity stuff from /var).

I tried 2.1.3 from the PPA and got the same issue. I think you are absolutely right on the libraries… but the problem is which one is the issue.auda I will try to compile from the source. Hopefully it will be able to compile against the current libs.

2.1.3 → *** Error in `audacity’: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fc0ff9687c0 ***

thanks.

There were definitely issues between x86 and x86_64 bits libraries.

Forcing LD_LIBRARY_PATH to x86_64 solved the issue.

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ audacity