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Quite. If it works...


Problem for me was, that mine didn't!

Wouter

Yes, it's the i915 driver. The /var/log/Xorg.0.log reports it as Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20171023 The kernel itself is (as promised!) up to date: 4.15.0-34 My quest has taken me to a suggestion that seems to be fixing the most horrible part of the graphics problem (theo...

...before or after "-j4" ? I think I'd remove the 4, so I'd follow the j with space and hash, then the explanation with 'example: -j4. That way clueless cut-and-paste would lead to an error. Take the point about the different ways of untarring, and also about the prompts ($). FOr instance, I'd never...

Hi Steve, First about the build steps: that was easy to follow and worked well. If you aim for sheer perfection, I'd suggest the following three changes: 1) remove the '$' prompts in the code section, as they make cop-and-paste less straightforward; 2) insert a # (in two places) where a comment in b...

Hi Steve, Thanks for that! That'll keep me occupied for a while. I'll report back in case of issues I can't solve, or with the behaviour of the resulting executable. One thing I'd like to know first, though. I was used to the windows version, and that did not have significant delays other than a bit...

OK - the prerequisites are done.

If nothing else, I'll be a good guinea pig for the build procedure on Mint, as it'll be totally from scratch.

It's going to be interesting. And thanks again for looking at my problems. Much appreciated.

Wouter

It'd be something worth trying, sure. I do have some 30 years software development experience, but am heavily out of date. If it's inside an IDE I might eventually get there. If it's makefiles and command-line utils I'll be right at home. Is there a page somewhere with instructions from scratch? Wou...

Additinal information: after quitting Audacity's last run (of one), the artifacts keep coming. Have to restart the computer to get back to a normal screen.

Actually, yes! Not to the point of usabilty, but I do get a lot further. - The 'about' screen is now unblemished. - It is possible to get to a new track and start recording in it (not connected a mic at the moment, so it records just silence, but still - breakthrough of sorts)! But: - the damage on ...

Hi Steve, Interesting in that it more or less worked (it failed consistently originally). The window with the information looks as damaged (and illegible) as always, but here's the result of copy/paste: Audacity 2.1.2 Build Information File Format Support libmad (MP3 Importing) Enabled libvorbis (Og...