Bug 215932 – Totem can't start without soundcard

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Bug 215932 - Totem can't start without soundcard

Summary:	Totem can't start without soundcard

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	totem (Show other bugs)
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Version:	rawhide
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Alexander Larsson
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Reported:	2006-11-16 08:05 EST by Steve
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:11 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	2.17.5
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2007-01-26 13:06:27 EST
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Attachments	(Terms of Use)
totem.strace (888.84 KB, application/octet-stream) 2006-11-17 17:03 EST, Steve	no flags	Details
totem-2.16-dont-error-with-no-soundcard.patch (3.26 KB, patch) 2006-12-05 11:58 EST, Bastien Nocera	no flags	Details \| Diff
f7t4 screenshot of totem startup (41.49 KB, image/png) 2007-04-28 23:33 EDT, David Timms	no flags	Details
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
GNOME Bugzilla	170719	None	None	None	Never

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Description Steve 2006-11-16 08:05:10 EST

Description of problem:
Totem could not startup.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
totem-2.17.3-1.fc7

How reproducible:
If starting Totem there's an error-message displays: Totem could not startup.
Could not open resource for writing.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Totem
2. Receive Error-Message
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:


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Comment 2 Steve 2006-11-17 17:03:30 EST

Created attachment 141541 [details]
totem.strace

following the out put of $ strace -o totem.strace totem

Comment 3 Steve 2006-11-18 17:24:27 EST

I figured it out, the error appears if no soundcard is installed or detected!

Comment 4 John Ellson 2006-11-22 11:42:20 EST

+1 on this bug.  It bit me too.   I think a lack of soundcard also crashes
firefox under some circumstances, but I'll report that separately if I can
reproduce it.
 
1) Playing movies without a sound card should be possible

2) The message should be a warning, not an error, and it should state clearly
that no sound card is available.  (Unlike the current user-unfriendly message.)

Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2006-12-05 11:55:35 EST

I closed the upstream bug today:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170719

Patch attached below, will be in 2.16.5

Comment 6 Bastien Nocera 2006-12-05 11:58:19 EST

Created attachment 142868 [details]
totem-2.16-dont-error-with-no-soundcard.patch

Comment 7 Bastien Nocera 2007-01-26 13:06:27 EST

Bug is against rawhide, and I believe this was fixed in the upload of totem-2.17.5.

Comment 8 David Timms 2007-04-28 23:33:15 EDT

Created attachment 153723 [details]
f7t4 screenshot of totem startup

While this bug has been closed and it is 3x months down the track, I am still
seeing the:
An Error Occurred:
"Cannot not open resource for writing" user-unfriendly message with:
totem-2.18.1-3.fc7   {fc6/updated/upgraded to f7t4}
$ totem
** Message: Error: Could not open resource for writing.
gstalsasink.c(625): gst_alsasink_open (): /autoaudiosink0-actual-sink-alsa:
Playback open error on device 'default': No such device

Comment 9 David Timms 2007-04-28 23:35:58 EDT

Note the machine definitely does not have sound capability, so it would appear
the resource is the non-existent audio output. Should this be re-opened, or made
a new bug.

Comment 10 Bastien Nocera 2007-05-02 05:24:45 EDT

(In reply to comment #9)
> Note the machine definitely does not have sound capability, so it would appear
> the resource is the non-existent audio output. Should this be re-opened, or made
> a new bug.

File a new bug. I've already fixed this problem in trunk and gnome-2-18 branches
upstream.

Mind, the original bug was that it didn't even let you *play* anything after it
complained about the error. Now you still get the error, but it will let you
play the movie.

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