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Re: Unrecoverable startup error in 2.4.2 and earlier
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:29 pm
by jarome
2TB Samsung T7
Re: Unrecoverable startup error in 2.4.2 and earlier
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:39 pm
by steve
steve wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:17 pm
I can confirm that exFAT does not work for Audacity's Temp folder.
My speculation is that it may be a permissions issue, as exFAT does not support file permissions.
Close but no cigar.
It's because FAT / exFAT do not support Unix socket files, which are used by Audacity on macOS and Linux for single instance checking.
Re: Unrecoverable startup error in 2.4.2 and earlier
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:45 pm
by jarome
So, Audacity needs to somehow check on the file system of the temp directory before accepting a change. At the very least, put a notice in the user GUI that FAT and ExFAT are not allowed.
Re: Unrecoverable startup error in 2.4.2 and earlier
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:03 pm
by steve
People are working on it.
Re: Unrecoverable startup error in 2.4.2 and earlier
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:26 pm
by waxcylinder
jarome wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:45 pm
At the very least, put a notice in the user GUI that FAT and ExFAT are not allowed.
That is what is likely to be happening.
Plus there will be stuff about it in the Manual (oh and the 3.0.0 Release Notes).
Peter.