couldn't get it to work

[CheAhMeD]

Hello,
I followed the setup instructions in the readme but I was never able to make Griode work

Can you help please?
running it without sudo
./griode.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 189, in <module> main() File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 176, in main griode = Griode() ^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 31, in __init__ persistent_attrs_init(self) File "/home/tchi/griode/persistence.py", line 36, in persistent_attrs_init self.db = shelve_open(self.db_filename) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/persistence.py", line 8, in shelve_open cache[filename] = shelve.open(filename, writeback=True) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/shelve.py", line 243, in open return DbfilenameShelf(filename, flag, protocol, writeback) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/shelve.py", line 227, in __init__ Shelf.__init__(self, dbm.open(filename, flag), protocol, writeback) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/dbm/__init__.py", line 95, in open return mod.open(file, flag, mode) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ _dbm.error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'state/Griode.sav'

running sudo ./griode.py gives:
sudo ./griode.py [INFO] fluidsynth.py:76 __init__() -> Using audio driver: alsa fluidsynth: error: Failed to open the "default" audio device Failed to create the audio driver. Giving up. [INFO] fluidsynth.py:107 __init__() -> Found 0 instruments fluidsynth: error: Failed to open the "default" audio device Failed to create the audio driver. Giving up. [ERROR] fluidsynth.py:139 __init__() -> Failed to locate the fluidsynth port!

running it again with debug level:
export LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
sudo ./griode.py [INFO] fluidsynth.py:76 __init__() -> Using audio driver: alsa fluidsynth: error: Failed to open the "default" audio device Failed to create the audio driver. Giving up. [INFO] fluidsynth.py:107 __init__() -> Found 0 instruments fluidsynth: error: Failed to open the "default" audio device Failed to create the audio driver. Giving up. [INFO] fluidsynth.py:135 __init__() -> Connected to MIDI output griode:griode 129:0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 189, in <module> main() File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 176, in main griode = Griode() ^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 33, in __init__ self.devicechains = [DeviceChain(self, i) for i in range(16)] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 33, in <listcomp> self.devicechains = [DeviceChain(self, i) for i in range(16)] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 136, in __init__ self.program_change() File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 151, in program_change instrument = self.instrument ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/tchi/griode/./griode.py", line 144, in instrument groups = fonts.get(self.font_index, fonts[0]) ~~~~~^^^ KeyError: 0

[jpetazzo]

Hi there!

Sorry for the slow reply :)

Okay, let's see.

_dbm.error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'state/Griode.sav'

This one is probably because the state file (state/Griode.sav) was created as root, and therefore, can no longer be updated as a normal user. If you want to run griode as a normal user (which should be totally possible, as long as the user is part of the right groups to access devices and such) you can do something like chown -R $USER state do change ownership of the state directory back to your regular user.

fluidsynth: error: Failed to open the "default" audio device

Do you have a working alsa device (i.e. sound) that you can open as a user? I think that could be tested maybe with mplayer -ao alsa some-audio-file.mp3 (for instance).

You can also force the audio driver by setting GRIODE_AUDIO_DRIVER to pulseaudio (assuming you have pulseaudio).

For now it looks like griode quits because fluidsynth failed to start (because it couldn't initialize the audio driver).

I hope this helps!