Activity log for bug #1915889

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2021-02-17 01:52:43 Daniel bug added bug
2021-02-17 01:55:40 Daniel description My system is an up-to-date Xubuntu 20.04.2 LTS When I try to start audacity, it just never shows the UI. The process hangs forever without using CPU or other system resources. The line from `top` looks like this: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 52059 me 20 0 221800 51444 43524 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.08 audacity When running from console, I see the following messages: (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.618: cannot register existing type 'GdkDisplayManager' (Audacity:52059): GLib-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.618: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.618: g_object_new_with_properties: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): Gnome-WARNING **: 02:34:55.641: Accessibility: failed to find module 'libgail-gnome' which is needed to make this application accessible (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.643: cannot register existing type 'GtkWidget' (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.643: cannot register existing type 'GtkBuildable' (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_register_static: assertion 'parent_type > 0' failed I already removed all audacity files (config etc) from my home directory, and I checked there is nothing about audacity in /etc/. I also checked using strace what's going on behind the scenes, but I didn't find anything that looked like the usual causes (file not found, directory missing, access denied) My setup: $ dpkg -l | grep audacity ii audacity 2.3.3-1build1 amd64 fast, cross-platform audio editor ii audacity-data 2.3.3-1build1 all fast, cross-platform audio editor (data) $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: audacity 2.3.3-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64 AlsaCards: 0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7d14000 irq 34 1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d10000 irq 35 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Feb 17 02:35:26 2021 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/audacity SourcePackage: audacity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-17 (275 days ago) My system is an up-to-date Xubuntu 20.04.2 LTS When I try to start audacity, it just never shows the UI. The process hangs forever without using CPU or other system resources. The line from `top` looks like this:     PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND   52059 me 20 0 221800 51444 43524 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.08 audacity When running from console, I see the following messages: (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.618: cannot register existing type 'GdkDisplayManager' (Audacity:52059): GLib-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.618: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.618: g_object_new_with_properties: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): Gnome-WARNING **: 02:34:55.641: Accessibility: failed to find module 'libgail-gnome' which is needed to make this application accessible (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.643: cannot register existing type 'GtkWidget' (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 02:34:55.643: cannot register existing type 'GtkBuildable' (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE (interface_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result != 0' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_add_interface_static: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed (Audacity:52059): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 02:34:55.643: g_type_register_static: assertion 'parent_type > 0' failed I already removed all audacity files (config etc) from my home directory, and I checked there is nothing about audacity in /etc/. I also checked using strace what's going on behind the scenes, but I didn't find anything that looked like the usual causes (file not found, directory missing, access denied) Last time when I used audacity it worked fine. I think that was ~April 2020, likely before upgrading ubuntu to 20.04. My setup: $ dpkg -l | grep audacity ii audacity 2.3.3-1build1 amd64 fast, cross-platform audio editor ii audacity-data 2.3.3-1build1 all fast, cross-platform audio editor (data) $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS Release: 20.04 Codename: focal ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: audacity 2.3.3-1build1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-65.73-generic 5.4.78 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64 AlsaCards:  0 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel HDMI                        HDA Intel HDMI at 0xf7d14000 irq 34   1 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH                        HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7d10000 irq 35 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed Feb 17 02:35:26 2021 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/audacity SourcePackage: audacity UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-17 (275 days ago)