Running audacity produces endless loop of Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

[Pavel]

$ audacity
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 pcm_dmix.c:1052:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = Нет такого файла или каталога
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for 4294967295, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for 4294967295, skipping unlock
Expression 'ret' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1736
Expression 'AlsaOpen( &alsaApi->baseHostApiRep, params, streamDir, &self->pcm )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1904
Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_Initialize( &self->capture, alsaApi, inParams, StreamDirection_In, NULL != callback )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2171
Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Initialize( stream, alsaHostApi, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, callback, streamFlags, userData )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 2840
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4628
Expression 'stream->playback.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4628
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
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
…
(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:7586): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed

(audacity:24978): Pango-CRITICAL **:^C

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: audacity 2.1.2-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
AlsaCards:
 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
                       HDA Intel at 0xf9100000 irq 30
  1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
                       HDA NVidia at 0xf6000000 irq 17
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Thu Aug 17 22:37:57 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-05 (73 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: audacity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)