Audacity freezes at startup and its logo remains frozen in the screen

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Hi! I’m having the same issue on xubuntu.

My environment is audacity/bionic,now 2.2.1-1 amd64, Xubuntu based on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, kernel 4.15.0-88-generic.

It’s kind of weird because if I run Audacity right after the computer starts, it runs fine. If I close it and try it to run it again, it freezes and the logo remains frozen. The process wont die with ctrl-c or kill -9

I have tried, without any luck, the solution in this thread: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/audacity-freezes-at-startup-and-its-logo-remains-frozen-in-the-screen/54737/1

This is the console log when I run it right after the computer starts. You can see at the end that I have tried to run it again but it does not show any log messages, that’s where it freezes

localhost:~$ audacity --test
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
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Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4628
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09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'backspace', accel string ignored.
09:18:23: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'backspace', accel string ignored.
09:18:23: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'numpad_enter', accel string ignored.
09:18:23: Debug: Unrecognized accel key 'numpad_enter', accel string ignored.
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
09:18:23: Debug: ClientToScreen cannot work when toplevel window is not shown
localhost:~$ audacity --test
^C^C^C^C^C
2

I’ve split this from the other topic because the problem you describe is only superficially the same as the other topic (similar, but distinctly different symptoms).

Why is your command prompt “localhost”? Are you running Audacity on a server?

3

That is nonetheless interesting. I post the very similar terminal message that was generated on the one occasion that I did get Audacity to rune on Mint XFCE 19.3:
audacity-troubleshoot.txt (8.58 KB)
oliverjames.

4

I’m using my laptop/desktop, not a server

5

Yep! And it’s also very similar to the issue described on this other thread: Audacity freezes on splash logo

6

Update from my 1st post:

The second time a ran the command audacity --test I thought it was hung forever, I was wrong. This is the console log:

localhost:~$ audacity -test
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_route.c:867:(find_matching_chmap) Found no matching channel map
ALSA lib confmisc.c:767:(parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392:(snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1246:(snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:4528:(_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:5007:(snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM dmix
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
ALSA lib seq_hw.c:466:(snd_seq_hw_open) open /dev/snd/seq failed: Permission denied
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4611
audacity: Fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server :0.0.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I want to add that this problem started when I upgraded to xubuntu 14.04.6 LTS to 18.04.4 LTS.

All other audio applications are working fine. Also, as suggested on this thread (https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=107814&start=10#p382214), I installed/tested gnome-sound-recorder and it works fine.

7

How did your mistake happen? Did it appear to hang for a while before continuing? If so, how long for?

8

I left the terminal window unattended for a while before noticing that the process finished, maybe 30 mins to 1 hr, I don’t know for sure.

Also, at some point I xkill-ed the logo splash screen (it was freeze at the middle of the monitor), that may be the cause of the error: “audacity: Fatal IO error 2 (No such file or directory) on X server :0.0.”

9

Please time it. Cause the freeze, then keep your eye on the terminal for 5 minutes, then if it has not crashed, do something else for an hour but check the terminal every 5 minutes to see if it has crashed.


That will cause Audacity to crash.

At the moment, I have a fuzzy mental picture of Audacity freezing for a while on launch, and then possibly crashing, or possible being killed, and at some point during that, some messages appear in the terminal. This mental picture is too fuzzy to give any clues as to what the problem is. A clear picture of exactly what is happening, “may” give a clue as to what the cause is (or may not).