FIXED: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

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FIXED: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by guarrindongo » Wed Jan 15, 2014 5:18 pm

Greetings .

It is an automatic translation. Sorry.

I have also written a post identical in Spanish.

Mistakenly copied the launcher from Audacity usr / share / applications folder to the desktop. When running Audacity I started getting the error alert title .

I thought it might be a lock file. In this forum there is an entry about this (http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 48&t=67814) and followed the instructions, but I could not find the file audacity-lock-username I did was delete the whole folder audcity-username. I also deleted the configuration file.

Also, I tried to uninstall and purge Audacity, I made a autoremove then reinstalled, etc.

The thing is that the alert title no longer see, but the program takes long time to open, which is not normal because the system is installed on an SSD that is like a shot.

It is clear that something has been in the system but do not know it can be.

Someone could help me with this?

Thank you.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by steve » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:33 pm

Which Linux distribution are you using?
Which version of Audacity? (look in "Help > About Audacity")
How did you install Audacity?
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by guarrindongo » Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:54 pm

Sorry I forgot these little details.
Which Linux distribution are you using?
My distribution is Ubuntu 12.04.
Which version of Audacity?
The Audacity version is 2.0.0
How did you install Audacity?
Initially, I installed Audacity to Software Center.

After uninstall, install it again by terminal: sudo apt-get install audacity

Thanks for responding so quickly.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by steve » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:33 am

So the problem now is not the message "another copy of Audacity is running", but that Audacity takes a long time to launch? Is that correct?

Before Audacity opens it needs to scan the sound system to find what audio devices are available.
For some reason this tends to be quite slow on Ubuntu.

Audacity also scans for available plug-ins. This is normally pretty quick unless you have a very large number of plug-ins.
Audacity will also try to load FFmpeg (if installed). Again this should be fairly quick, but can be a bit slow if the version of FFmpeg is incompatible and cannot be loaded.

Roughly how long does it take for Audacity to launch?

Try launching Audacity from a terminal window (open a terminal window and type audacity)
When you press "Enter" you should see a lot of text appear while Audacity is scanning for these things. Copy and paste that text into your reply - that should give some idea what is taking the time.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by guarrindongo » Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:56 am

Greetings.
So the problem now is not the message "another copy of Audacity is running", but that Audacity takes a long time to launch? Is that correct?
Indeed, now the problem is the response time audacuty. Before the title problem was much less time.
Roughly how long does it take for Audacity to launch?
Audacity takes about 23 seconds to start.
Try launching Audacity from a terminal window (open a terminal window and type audacity)
When you press "Enter" you should see a lot of text appear while Audacity is scanning for these things. Copy and paste that text into your reply - that should give some idea what is taking the time
I started Audacity from a terminal and the text is as follows:

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ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
Cannot connect to server socket err = Non hai tal ficheiro ou directorio
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1670
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1830
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2092
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2764
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4541
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:612:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
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ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:612:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1670
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1830
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2092
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2764
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4541
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4541
The language of my system is Galician and there are parts of the text are translated. But I think you should understand without problems.

Thank you.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by steve » Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:07 am

guarrindongo wrote:Audacity takes about 23 seconds to start.
That does seem quite a lot even for Ubuntu.
guarrindongo wrote:I started Audacity from a terminal and the text is as follows:
While it was doing that, did it appear to pause for a long time at a particular point, or did it complete all of that quickly and then pause before launching?
Do you use any bluetooth devices?
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by guarrindongo » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:10 am

Greetings again.
That does seem quite a lot even for Ubuntu.
I think it's too long because Ubuntu is installed on a SSD disk. In fact, I have a laptop (Core 2 Duo, 1GB ram, ect) with a 32bit ubuntu installed on a HDD that starts Audacity slightly faster than Ubuntu 64bit I tendo installed on the desktop PC (Core i5 2500, 8GB RAM, SSD) is the team that we're talking about. In addition, previously initiated as quickly as can be expected on an SSD.
While it was doing that, did it appear to pause for a long time at a particular point, or did it complete all of that quickly and then pause before launching?
The processes that take the longest to complete are related to bluetooth devices, specifically the following lines of text:

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ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Erro de Entrada/saída(5)
Do you use any bluetooth devices?
I have permanently punctured a bluetooth usb adapter but only use it for very specific things and ever to connect speakers or headphones. I do not use bluetooth devices and input or output, only speakers and mini headphone jack cable.

Thank you very much.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by steve » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:15 am

I thought the problem might be with bluetooth.
I completely disabled bluetooth on my machine as I don't use it, and Audacity then launched significantly more quickly, but as you use bluetooth that is not an option for you.
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by guarrindongo » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:39 am

It is true. I removed the bluetooth adapter and Audacity startup time went from 23 seconds to 3 seconds.

However, I still believe that before you had the problem of yore Audacity was started faster. With the SSD applications are launched almost instantly.

You can set Audacity to look no bluetooth adapter or any other such device?
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Re: Message: "...another copy of Audacity is running...."

Post by steve » Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:05 pm

There is currently no way to select in Audacity which audio devices to scan. I'm not sure that it is even possible to do so.
Probably a better approach would be to write a little script to kill bluetooth and then launch Audacity. This will then allow bluetooth to be restarted when you need it. You'd probably use something like:

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rfkill block bluetooth
to stop bluetooth.
rfkill should be available in the Ubuntu repository.
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