excessive messages and freezing

I have been using audacity on OpenSuSE fr yeas, but recently I am plagued by two issues

1: excessive text messages

(process:30959): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::
sm-connect after class was initialised

(process:30959): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::
show-crash-dialog after class was initialised

(process:30959): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::
display after class was initialised

(process:30959): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::
default-icon after class was initialised
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
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
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1733
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )'
 failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1900
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams,
 StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_al
sa.c', line: 2167
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outpu
tParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' fai
led in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2836
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
...repeated 101times in total an them.....
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1733
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1900
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2167
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2836
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4607
Expression '*idev = open( idevName, flags )' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 832
Expression 'OpenDevices( idevName, odevName, &idev, &odev )' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 878
Expression 'PaOssStream_Initialize( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, streamCallback, userData, streamFlags, ossHostApi )' failed in 'src/hostapi/oss/pa_unix_oss.c', line: 1249
(Audacity:30959): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_direction: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

(Audacity:30959): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_direction: assertion 'GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

…and last two lines repeated total 46 times


2: When attempting to play a files it starts getting overruns at high rate and then audacity freezes

Running without gnome or kde; fvwm, no desktop or icons

I get this with both suse and packman versions

I am missing audacity

==John ff

This post should have been rejected because it is a duplicate of https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/underruns-freeze-messages/33695/1 . Try reading that topic.


Gale