[Audacity-users] Fedora 24 KDE no joy

[Dave Sill]

I recently upgraded from FC21/KDE to 24, x86_64. Audacity ran OK under 21,
except for occasionally hanging.

I've now got audacity-2.1.2-4.fc24.x86_64 installed, but when I try to
start it I get:

$ audacity

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GdkDisplayManager'

(Audacity:15631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result !=
0' failed

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion
'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

(Audacity:15631): Gnome-WARNING **: Accessibility: failed to find module
'libgail-gnome' which is needed to make this application accessible

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GtkWidget'

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static:
assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GtkBuildable'

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **:
g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE
(interface_type)' failed

(Audacity:15631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result !=
0' failed

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_add_interface_static:
assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_type_register_static:
assertion 'parent_type > 0' failed

then nothing.

I renamed my .audacity and .audacity-data directories but that didn't help.
I've googled to no avail. I even tried installing other sound editors but
the only one I could install, Sweep, died without explanation after asking
for a file to edit. I record my band's practices on a Zoom H2n and extract
a few songs for the other guys, but I'm dead in the water. :-( Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

-Dave

[Dave Sill]

Argh. Nevermind. Long story short, there's something fubared with my Fedora
upgrade. It doesn't come up with the graphical interface, I have to start
it with startx. I forgot about this and went to try a Gnome session or
different user. Audacity works fine in a root session.

Off to fix the real problem.

-Dave

Post by Dave Sill
I recently upgraded from FC21/KDE to 24, x86_64. Audacity ran OK under 21,
except for occasionally hanging.
I've now got audacity-2.1.2-4.fc24.x86_64 installed, but when I try to
$ audacity
(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GdkDisplayManager'
(Audacity:15631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result
!= 0' failed
(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion
'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed
(Audacity:15631): Gnome-WARNING **: Accessibility: failed to find module
'libgail-gnome' which is needed to make this application accessible
(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GtkWidget'
assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
(Audacity:15631): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type
'GtkBuildable'
g_type_interface_add_prerequisite: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INTERFACE
(interface_type)' failed
(Audacity:15631): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion 'result
!= 0' failed
assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
assertion 'parent_type > 0' failed
then nothing.
I renamed my .audacity and .audacity-data directories but that didn't
help. I've googled to no avail. I even tried installing other sound editors
but the only one I could install, Sweep, died without explanation after
asking for a file to edit. I record my band's practices on a Zoom H2n and
extract a few songs for the other guys, but I'm dead in the water. :-( Any
help would be greatly appreciated.
-Dave

[stan]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 21:49:52 -0400

Post by Dave Sill
I recently upgraded from FC21/KDE to 24, x86_64. Audacity ran OK
under 21, except for occasionally hanging.

[snip]

I don't have this error in F25, and I was unable to find libgail-gnome.
But libgail-util comes from package gtk2-devel. I think you are missing
required libraries. So, the dependencies on the package are probably
incorrect. Try installing some gtk2 packages. Or, try reinstalling
audacity to see if it will pull in the missing dependencies.

dnf reinstall audacity

Are you using the fedora version, or the rpmfusion version of
audacity? Or are you using a version from some other place? It might
be that the update was unable to find an update if you are using an
unusual repository.

The natural place to ask this question is on the Fedora User list.

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