Having had no responses to my issue (see above) with the Appimage not working on Rocky Linux 9.4, I downloaded source and compiled my own native executable. had almost no trouble doing it.
however, most of the effects don’t work, in fact the program appears to crash whenever I try to run one of them.
So, my joy at having a working Audacity quickly faded.
Can anyone offer hints as to why that might be the situation?
Thanks in advance!
Fred
LATER
if I start Audacity from a commandline I see a ton of messages, most when starting but one fatal one when it dies:
All these at startup:
$ audacity
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1000:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.hdmi.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hdmi
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.hdmi.0:CARD=0,AES0=4,AES1=130,AES2=0,AES3=2'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM hdmi
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline:CARD=0,DEV=0
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.phoneline:CARD=0,DEV=0
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM phoneline
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1377:(snd_func_refer) Unable to find definition 'cards.0.pcm.modem.0:CARD=0'
ALSA lib conf.c:5204:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5727:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2675:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM phoneline
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1000:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib confmisc.c:165:(snd_config_get_card) Cannot get card index for -1
ALSA lib confmisc.c:165:(snd_config_get_card) Cannot get card index for -1
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in '/home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/build/conan/home/p/b/porta5dbde7e401435/b/src/portadio/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4626
ALSA lib confmisc.c:165:(snd_config_get_card) Cannot get card index for -1
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in '/home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/build/conan/home/p/b/porta5dbde7e401435/b/src/portadio/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4645
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in '/home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/build/conan/home/p/b/porta5dbde7e401435/b/src/portadio/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4645
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in '/home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/build/conan/home/p/b/porta5dbde7e401435/b/src/portadio/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4645
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in '/home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/build/conan/home/p/b/porta5dbde7e401435/b/src/portadio/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4645
ALSA lib confmisc.c:165:(snd_config_get_card) Cannot get card index for -1
ALSA lib confmisc.c:165:(snd_config_get_card) Cannot get card index for -1
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ScreenToClient cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
19:33:52: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
these happen when I import an audio f ile:
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libsndfile
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libav
19:34:43: Debug: Appending legacyaup
19:34:43: Debug: Appending liboggvorbis
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libflac
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libmpg123
19:34:43: Debug: Appending lof
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libwavpack
19:34:43: Debug: Appending portsmf
19:34:43: Debug: Appending libopus
and this happens when I try to use, e.g., Normalize from the effects/volume menu:
audacity: /home/fredex/programs/audacity-src/audacity-sources-3.7.0/libraries/lib-wave-track/WaveClip.cpp:2047: WaveClip::StrongInvariantScope::~StrongInvariantScope(): Assertion `mClip.StrongInvariant()' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
And, all of the several other effects I tested give similar results.
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