On Thursday 19 December 2019, alistair izzard via trinity-users wrote: > On Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 23:26:17 GMT, BorgLabs - Kate Draven > <borglabs4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 December 2019, deloptes wrote: > > E. Liddell wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Dec 2019 02:02:33 -0500 > > > "BorgLabs - Kate Draven" > > > > > > <borglabs4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> A recent update seems to be causing amarok to crash when I attempt to > > >> play a song. I get the usual signal 11 stuff of the gui. From the > > >> commadline I get > > >> > > >> [kcrash] TDECrash: Application 'amarokapp' crashing... > > >> Invalid write to eventfd: Bad file descriptor > > >> Code should not be reached at pulsecore/fdsem.c:199, function > > >> pa_fdsem_post(). Aborting. > > >> [kcrash] Unable to start Dr. Konqi > > >> > > >> Any idea as to what might be causing this? It's happening on all pclos > > >> boxes. > > > > > > Well, the error message is bubbling up from pulseaudio, so either > > > amaroK is > > > passing it the wrong thing, or pulse has a bug. So, the first question > > > is, do you > > > actually need any functionality pulseaudio provides and alsa doesn't? > > > If not, I would kill it—it's just one more thing that can go wrong on > > > your system. > > > > look in the message > > Invalid write to eventfd: Bad file descriptor - could be even something > > outside PA. > > And yes there is a lot that PA provides and ALSO does not. > > No, it does not work wrong - especially the 12.2-4+deb10u1 is very good. > > > > > You might still want to file a bug against amaroK, though. If you do, > > > it would be a good idea to include the exact version of pulseaudio > > > that's causing the problem, and check with your distro to see if > > > they're using any patches that might affect fdsem.c > > > > Most important is the way to reproduce. > > I do not use amarok personally - my father does all the time - with PA. > > Never complained so far. > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I think it's an amarok problem because it's the only program affected. > I have amarok's engine as alsa. When I turn off pulseaudio amarok doesn't > work regardless of the engine I choose. > > I installed Clementine and it works fine. > > Something happened to somewhere that only affects amarok. > > It may be a pclos exclusive problem. > > At this point, I'm lost. > > Kate > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional > commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list > messages on the web archive: trinity-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Please remember not to top-post: > http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > > > > > trinity-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > I'm having the same issue with Amarok, I don't know what has caused it, I > have had too many updates to say which could have been the offending > update. Just of note, if you are running "intel" graphics that use i915 > driver and 5.4.x kernel you may get some font corruption if still using GDM > to login, easiest "fix" is to go to pcc >> boot, and change the display > manager to TDM Alie I have an ati and use tdm be default. All is good save for the amarok stuff. Thanks Ali and Happy Christmas. Kate --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
