Advanced Settings button does not work due to missing jack_lsd

[Franck]

On latest Karmic, with gtk-recordmydesktop 0.3.8-0ubuntu, clicking on the Advanced setting button fails.

From a shell, console says :

[... warnings about deprecated tooltip methods ...]
[...]
  self.channelsSpinButton= gtk.SpinButton(self.channelsAdjustment, climb_rate=0.5, digits=0)
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py:331: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated. Use the subprocess module.
  (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 190, in advanced
    self.options=pW.prefsWidget(self,self.values,self.optionsOpen)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 410, in __init__
    self.__runJackLSP__()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 331, in __runJackLSP__
    (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 695, in popen3
    stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 621, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1126, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 100, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL), 'w')
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-recordMyDesktop.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 190, in advanced
    self.options=pW.prefsWidget(self,self.values,self.optionsOpen)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 410, in __init__
    self.__runJackLSP__()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 331, in __runJackLSP__
    (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 695, in popen3
    stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 621, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1126, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type

[ctsdownloads (matt-hartley)]

Doubt they will fix it anytime soon. So here is a work-a-round for ya.

In your home directory, gedit ~/.gtk-recordmydesktop

Then you can change anything there you would under advanced. For audio control, for instance:

#Sound-device
pulse

instead of

#Sound-device
DEFAULT

You get the idea. :)

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

attached debdiff adds quilt patch system to gtk-recordmydesktop and adds a patch to check for existence of `jack_lsp` command and disables jack configuration options if it is not found - allowing the GUI panel to successfully open in karmic

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

minor update to included patch to include patch tags for launchpad bug and description

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Dominic: can you make sure that the patch gets upstream?

Also I added quilt as a Build-Depends so the patch gets actually applied. Normally I wouldn't bother adding a patch system if Debian does not make use of one either.

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

Hi Dan, yeah I've already e-mailed the patch upstream. I also sent him a patch to include all the latest translation work from launchpad. I didn't include that in this debdiff as I wasn't sure if you'd want to keep pre-release karmic changes to a minimum. But if you want to drop the patch into debian/patches as well I've attached it here too.

[linuxpete (pwolters)]

Got same problem.

After pressing "advanced button" got next output:

*** start out put ***
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py:239: GtkWarning: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated
  self.channelsSpinButton= gtk.SpinButton(self.channelsAdjustment, climb_rate=0.5, digits=0)
/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py:331: DeprecationWarning: os.popen3 is deprecated. Use the subprocess module.
  (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 190, in advanced
    self.options=pW.prefsWidget(self,self.values,self.optionsOpen)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 410, in __init__
    self.__runJackLSP__()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 331, in __runJackLSP__
    (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 695, in popen3
    stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 621, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1126, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Bestand of map bestaat niet (Linuxpete meaning : dir doesn't exist)
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 100, in apport_excepthook
    os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREAT|os.O_EXCL), 'w')
OSError: [Errno 13] Toegang geweigerd: '/var/crash/_usr_bin_gtk-recordMyDesktop.1000.crash' (Linuxpete meaning : access denied)

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdSimple.py", line 190, in advanced
    self.options=pW.prefsWidget(self,self.values,self.optionsOpen)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 410, in __init__
    self.__runJackLSP__()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/recordMyDesktop/rmdPrefsWidget.py", line 331, in __runJackLSP__
    (stdin,stdout,stderr)=os.popen3(['jack_lsp'],'t')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/os.py", line 695, in popen3
    stderr=PIPE, close_fds=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 621, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/subprocess.py", line 1126, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Bestand of map bestaat niet (Linuxpete meaning : dir doesn't exist)

*** end output ***

[Dominic Evans (oldmanuk)]

Fixed in 0.3.8-0ubuntu2 and available from karmic archive. Thanks Dan.

[cbilljones (cbilljones)]

"In your home directory, gedit ~/.gtk-recordmydesktop

Then you can change anything there you would under advanced. "

I have to build from source to use oss and this bug was still present; the above advice helped my issue: i just had to add the "--no-frame" option, works good now, thanks

[darthanubis (darthanubis)]

Add jack support.