Comment 18 for bug 1311839

>Please note this problem still affects some of us.
>I am running the current Ubuntu LTS, and gwave still does not work for me.
>Is there something I am supposed to do besides apt-get update/upgrade?

While the issue is fixed in 20090213-6.1, this is only available in Ubuntu 17.04 and later. If you want a fix for older versions of Ubuntu, please perform as much as possible of the SRU Procedure [1] to bring the need to a developer's attention.

[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Procedure