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Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64



On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
> the following happens:
> 
> 1.  I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
>      temporary files.  Please enter an appropriate directory in the
>      preferences dialog."
> 
> Click ok, then:
> 
> 2.  An error popup appears stating: "AudioIO.cpp(2363): assert "false"
>      failed in getPlayDevIndex()."  A backtrace is available but
>      doesn't reveal anything obvious to me.
> 
> Click continue, then:
> 
> 3.  An error popup appears stating: "AudioIO.cpp(2416): assert "false"
>      failed in getRecordDevIndex()."
> 
> Continue then segfaults.

Check 

grep -i Temp  ~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg

And then check the permissions on that directory. 

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Sven Arvidsson
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