Description of problem: Running audacity produces endless stream of (audacity:8927): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed error messages and the program does not bring any UI. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): audacity-2.1.2-4.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Deterministic. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run audacity Actual results: $ audacity ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:606:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe ALSA lib pcm.c:2266:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1029:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory Cannot connect to server request channel jack server is not running or cannot be started Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4589 (audacity:8927): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed (audacity:8927): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed (audacity:8927): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_font_description_set_size: assertion 'size >= 0' failed The audacity logo is displayed in unmanaged window at the center of the display but that's it. Expected results: No errors, nice UI. Additional info: strace output ends with 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 brk(NULL) = 0x55c00ab73000 8691 brk(0x55c00ab94000) = 0x55c00ab94000 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8700 <... nanosleep resumed> NULL) = 0 8700 nanosleep({0, 10000000}, <unfinished ...> 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 access("/usr/share/fonts/abattis-cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf", R_OK) = 0 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99 8691 write(2, "\n(audacity:8691): Pango-CRITICAL"..., 99) = 99
Updating Fedora version, this is on Fedora 24.
The problem is caused by /etc/fonts/local.conf having <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd"> <fontconfig> <match target="font"> <test name="pixelsize" compare="less"> <double>19</double> </test> <edit name="pixelsize" mode="assign"> <double>19</double> </edit> </match> </fontconfig> in it, which is my attempt to make all fonts in the system readable by limiting their minimal size. When I comment out that <match/> element, the endless loop goes away. When I change pixelsize to size, audacity starts fine but it does not seem to have any effect on the font size -- even if I make the limit insanely high and other applications show huge fonts, audacity does not respect it.
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-99f8d418ba
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-3f35f35613
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-99f8d418ba
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-3f35f35613
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
audacity-2.1.3-0.7.20161109git53a5c93.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.