Bug 855680

Summary: fix for old Gtick bug?
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Martin Tarenskeen <m.tarenskeen>
Component: gtickAssignee: Nils Philippsen <nphilipp>
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Description Martin Tarenskeen 2012-09-09 21:30:02 UTC
Description of problem:
Gtick does not make any sound out of the box

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gtick 0.4.2-6.fc17

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. yum install gtick
2. start gtick
3. 
  
Actual results:
error, no sound

Expected results:
sound

Additional info:
This is an old bug. Why not simply fix this in the RPM packaging:

In gtick.spec we need to add: 
Requires: alsa-oss

An also change the file gtick.desktop:
#Exec=gtick
Exec=aoss gtick

This should fix the problem that has existed in Fedora since I don't know when.

Comment 1 Nils Philippsen 2012-09-10 15:30:49 UTC
FYI, I won't get around to this before I go on vacation: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Vacation

Feel free to apply this change, and submit an update.

Comment 2 Brendan Jones 2012-10-10 06:07:18 UTC
Can you verify that the following build performs as expected?  Thanks

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=359174

Comment 3 Martin Tarenskeen 2012-10-11 09:08:02 UTC
I rebuild and installed your src.rpm on Fedora 17 and it seems to work. I am getting sound right out of the box. Thanks.
aoss is a useful workaround. But someone upstream should do a real fix and make gtick alsa, jack and pulseaudio compatible. You can't use gtick in combination with DAW software for example. Wouldn't that be great: gtick used as an external metronome clock master or slave synchronized in combination with ardour or rosegarden ...
I'll see if I can drop a request upstream.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-03-01 16:49:01 UTC
gtick-0.5.1-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gtick-0.5.1-1.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-03-01 16:49:09 UTC
gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17

Comment 6 Martin Tarenskeen 2013-03-01 23:12:53 UTC
I think gtick 0.5.1 does not need the aoss workaround anymore. In 0.5.0 pulseaudio support was added upstream. I tested this by starting gtick not using the desktop file but from the commandline (without using aoss). I was even able to start 2 instances of gtick with different BPM values :-) This was not possible with the 0.4.x version and the aoss workaround.

So I think the workaround using aoss in the desktop file can and should be removed.

BTW: I had another problem. I could not install/update from 0.4.2 to 0.5.1-1. I got a lot of errors (conflicting files). I first had to "yum remove" my older gtick version before I could install and test this new one.

Comment 7 Martin Tarenskeen 2013-03-02 16:11:45 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)

> BTW: I had another problem. I could not install/update from 0.4.2 to
> 0.5.1-1. I got a lot of errors (conflicting files). I first had to "yum
> remove" my older gtick version before I could install and test this new one.

I tried again: reinstalled the old stable version 0.4.2-7 and then updated to 0.5.1-1. No problem. I could not reproduce these install/update errors I got first.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-03-02 20:07:36 UTC
Package gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-3264/gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 9 Nils Philippsen 2013-03-04 14:03:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #6)
> So I think the workaround using aoss in the desktop file can and should be
> removed.

I've left it in for people actually wanting to not use PA -- they still need aoss to use ALSA instead of OSS.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2013-03-19 20:07:17 UTC
gtick-0.5.1-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.