I tested the patch on Ubuntu 14.04, but the running audacity process crashes when a second audacity process is launched:
Backtrace: #0 0x00007ffff6d883c9 in GSocketGUIFunctionsTableConcrete::Uninstall_Callback(GSocket*, GSocketEvent) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #1 0x00007ffff69a50e1 in GSocket::Read(char*, int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 #2 0x00007ffff69a167a in wxSocketBase::_Read(void*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 #3 0x00007ffff69a1714 in wxSocketBase::Read(void*, unsigned int) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 #4 0x00007ffff69a057d in wxSocketInputStream::OnSysRead(void*, unsigned long) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 #5 0x00007ffff66db267 in wxInputStream::Read(void*, unsigned long) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #6 0x00007ffff699fa78 in wxTCPEventHandler::Client_OnRequest(wxSocketEvent&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu_net-2.8.so.0 #7 0x00007ffff6711966 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEventIfMatches(wxEventTableEntryBase const&, wxEvtHandler*, wxEvent&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #8 0x00007ffff6711a0b in wxEventHashTable::HandleEvent(wxEvent&, wxEvtHandler*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff6711d77 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessEvent(wxEvent&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff67118c8 in wxEvtHandler::ProcessPendingEvents() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #11 0x00007ffff668f161 in wxAppConsole::ProcessPendingEvents() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #12 0x00007ffff6df8d4e in wxAppBase::ProcessIdle() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #13 0x00007ffff6d73db1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #14 0x00007ffff19d0ce5 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #15 0x00007ffff19d1048 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #16 0x00007ffff19d130a in g_main_loop_run () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #17 0x00007ffff22be447 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #18 0x00007ffff6d8728a in wxEventLoop::Run() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #19 0x00007ffff6df8b4c in wxAppBase::MainLoop() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 #20 0x00007ffff66bee5d in wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0 #21 0x00000000004febd2 in main (argc=1, argv=<optimized out>) at AudacityApp.cpp:647 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/615307 Title: opening a file from file manager when audacity is open gives error message To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/audacity/+bug/615307/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs