[SOLVED] Audacity can't open project

dauriac · 2021-11-04 15:50:21

I had a problem with audacity not being able to open project files.
I found the solution here: audacity forum :
- Set Audacity language to English (Edit/Preferences/Interface)
- In /etc/locale.gen, uncomment en_GB.UTF-8, save, and then run locale-gen

Last edited by dauriac (2021-11-04 17:03:57)

seth · 2021-11-04 16:13:39

If the issue is the locale, what do you think needs to be fixed about ThePackage™?

localectl
locale -a
locale

dauriac · 2021-11-04 16:37:02

I was just wondering how to help people with the the same problem since it took me some time to solve the question.
(I had to add en_GB.UTF-8 to my /etc/locale.gen file and to choose English as language in audacity parameters)

seth · 2021-11-04 16:43:03

Yeah, but that simply looks like a broken locale (set to a language that isn't available) - either deliberately in audacity or because your system locale is "misconfigured".
Please post the [edit: requested] output and elaborate on why you thing en_GB.UTF-8 is mandatory - I can use audacity perfectly fine w/o.

Last edited by seth (2021-11-04 16:43:19)

dauriac · 2021-11-04 17:09:33

I edited my first post to make it clearer.
I am working with fr-FR locale correctly installed but the bug still happens.

$ localectl
   System Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
       VC Keymap: fr
      X11 Layout: fr
     X11 Variant: oss
$ locale -a
C
en_GB.utf8
fr_FR.utf8
POSIX
$ locale
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="fr_FR.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Last edited by dauriac (2021-11-04 17:10:26)

seth · 2021-11-04 20:52:38

In audacity, check Edit/Preferences (ctrl+p) and there the interface page - what is the language setting? English?

dauriac · 2021-11-04 22:12:08

Thank you, I modified the *first* message, explaining a workaround to solve the problem and adding SOLVED to the title.
In fact my aim was not to ask a question, but to give the information found in the audacity forum to help other audacity-archlinux user.
Please note that the problem does not arise with Ubuntu following exactly the same procedure right after audacity installation.

seth · 2021-11-04 22:29:41

Ah, it's about the digital separator…
https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=661
https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2136
https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2147

You could try to set the audacity locale System/French and run

LC_NUMERIC=C audacity

Then file a bug against the package, the information is pretty much lost in the forum.
https://bugs.archlinux.org/?project=5&string=audacity

Arch Linux

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