Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2016-04-27 Thread Cartola
Russell L. Carter pinyon.org> writes: > Bingo! I had changed the uid for my account a while back and > didn't think to have a look at /var/tmp. Now at least the situation > is documented so that it can be found by google and friends. > > Thanks Sven! > Russell Thank you! I've had the same is

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-13 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 06/13/15 10:36, Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please en

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-13 Thread Ric Moore
On 06/13/2015 01:36 PM, Sven Arvidsson wrote: On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-13 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and > the following happens: > > 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store > temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-13 Thread Russell L. Carter
On 06/13/15 01:30, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Saturday 13 June 2015 05:41:02 Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi! On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote: On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popu

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 13 June 2015 05:41:02 Russell L. Carter wrote: > Hi! > > On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote: > > On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and > >> the following happens: > >> > >> 1. I get a popup with text

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-12 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015, Russell L. Carter wrote: The googleman doesn't provide any clues. Ideas? hi, did you try to check: the playback device in the preferences/devices menu the temporary files directory in the preferences/directories menu cheers, -- Pierre Frenkiel -- To UNSUBSC

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-12 Thread Russell L. Carter
Hi! On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote: On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please enter an appropr

Re: audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-12 Thread Ric Moore
On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote: Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the preferences dia

audacity startup fails stretch amd64

2015-06-12 Thread Russell L. Carter
Hi, I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and the following happens: 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the preferences dialog." Click ok, then: 2. An error popup appears s