Re: Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound/Csound

> He says SConstruct has a bug, which he has patched. I think he's
> probably right, and I will patch SConstruct accordingly.
>
> The bug makes the installation not know the right name (soname) for
> the csnd extension module shared library.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
> On 7/6/09, Art Hunkins <abhunkin@...> wrote:
>> Victor and Mike G. (especially) -
>>
>> You're familiar with my problems getting Csound5.10 working on SoaS.
>>
>> Aleksey, one of the Sugar developers, sent me the "solution" (below) to
>> this
>> problem (a Scons issue apparently).
>>
>> I don't know what to do with it, and look to you for either
>> implementation
>> or explanation.
>>
>> I'm really interested to get 5.10 working with Sugar.
>>
>> Art Hunkins
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Aleksey Lim" <alsroot@...>
>> To: "Art Hunkins" <abhunkin@...>
>> Cc: <pbrobinson@...>; <csound@...>;
>> <sugar-devel@...>
>> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound/Csound
>>
>>
>>> looks like its a SConstruct issue
>>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2817271&group_id=81968&atid=564599
>>>
>>> this patch fixed "import csnd" in my case
>>> http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/jhconvert/repos/mainline/blobs/master/patches/csound-2817271-soname.patch
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 05:49:23PM -0400, Art Hunkins wrote:
>>>> As mentioned by a member of the sugar-devel list, it seems that a
>>>> csound
>>>> (5.10) install (yum install csound), does not install several crucial
>>>> site-specific and library packages (csnd, _csnd, libcsnd and perhaps
>>>> libcsound).
>>>>
>>>> Having to erase olpcsound before installing csound deletes these files
>>>> and they don't get restored/reinstalled.
>>>>
>>>> So, to the procedures described below, before erasing olpcsound, I
>>>> saved
>>>> the above-listed files (there were 5 or 6), and once csound was
>>>> installed, added them back where they came from.
>>>>
>>>> This crude procedure didn't work, and the following error log is quite
>>>> like the one I started with:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/util.py:25: DeprecationWarning:
>>>> the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
>>>>
>>>> import sha
>>>>
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>
>>>> File "/usr/bin/sugar-activity", line 21, in <module>
>>>>
>>>> main.main()
>>>>
>>>> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/activity/main.py", line
>>>> 105,
>>>>
>>>> in main
>>>>
>>>> module = __import__(module_name)
>>>>
>>>> File "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/ourmusic.py", line
>>>> 41,
>>>> in <module>
>>>>
>>>> import csndsugui
>>>>
>>>> File "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/csndsugui.py", line
>>>> 36,
>>>>
>>>> in <module>
>>>>
>>>> import csnd
>>>>
>>>> File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/csnd.py", line 7, in <module>
>>>>
>>>> import _csnd
>>>>
>>>> ImportError: /usr/lib/libcsnd.so.5.1: undefined symbol:
>>>> csoundGetInputBuffer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd appreciate any suggestions as to how to get this all working.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Art Hunkins
>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>>   From: Art Hunkins
>>>>   To: pbrobinson@...
>>>>   Cc: csound@... ; sugar-devel@...
>>>>   Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 7:57 PM
>>>>   Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   I've just noted that the /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages folder does
>>>> not include csnd.py. That folder also contains many fewer files that
>>>> the
>>>> corresponding one in python2.5.
>>>>
>>>>   As a matter of fact, python2.5 seems about a third the size of 2.6.
>>>> Is
>>>> all this correct?
>>>>
>>>>   Art Hunkins
>>>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>>>     From: Art Hunkins
>>>>     To: pbrobinson@...
>>>>     Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 6:13 PM
>>>>     Subject: Fw: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Hello, Peter,
>>>>
>>>>     Do you know what may be happening here? (Please see error log
>>>> below.)
>>>>
>>>>     I've no idea why the module referenced (csd.py) is not found.
>>>> Please
>>>> also compare the log at the very bottom of this mail; this latter log
>>>> was
>>>>
>>>> generated when running Csound*5.08*, also with python2.6.
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks for any insights.
>>>>
>>>>     Art Hunkins
>>>>
>>>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>>>     From: Art Hunkins
>>>>     To: Developer discussions
>>>>     Cc: csound@...
>>>>     Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 5:36 PM
>>>>     Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Here's the *next* chapter in the saga. Please note that this is not
>>>> the *Windows* installation saga; it's the *Linux/Sugar* installation
>>>> saga.
>>>>
>>>>     In our last episode, we noted that Csound5.08 was (apparently?)
>>>> incompatible with python2.6. At least this seemed a plausible
>>>> explanation
>>>>
>>>> from the error log we saw.
>>>>
>>>>     So, now Csound5.10 is available on Fedora(11) for download to SoaS.
>>>>
>>>>     First, I try update csound; "can't find any csound".
>>>>     Second, install csound; it tries, but then says, "can't because it
>>>> interferes with olpcsound" (OK, different name!)
>>>>     Third, erase olpcsound; good
>>>>     Fourth, install csound; good
>>>>
>>>>     Then I run my Activity; it now crashes with the similar, but not
>>>> exact, error log below.
>>>>
>>>>     I thought perhaps I'd better start from scratch and did (reformat
>>>> USB
>>>>
>>>> drive, etc). Thought probably the new SoaS iso incorporated Csound5.10.
>>>> But no, I needed to essentially repeat the above steps, and ended with
>>>> the same crash.
>>>>
>>>>     The log: (any new ideas please?)
>>>>
>>>>     /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/util.py:25:
>>>> DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib
>>>> module
>>>> instead
>>>>
>>>>     import sha
>>>>
>>>>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>
>>>>     File "/usr/bin/sugar-activity", line 21, in <module>
>>>>
>>>>     main.main()
>>>>
>>>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/activity/main.py",
>>>> line
>>>> 105, in main
>>>>
>>>>     module = __import__(module_name)
>>>>
>>>>     File "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/ourmusic.py",
>>>> line
>>>> 41, in <module>
>>>>
>>>>     import csndsugui
>>>>
>>>>     File "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/csndsugui.py",
>>>> line
>>>>
>>>> 36, in <module>
>>>>
>>>>     import csnd
>>>>
>>>>     ImportError: No module named csnd
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     Art Hunkins
>>>>
>>>>       ----- Original Message -----
>>>>       From: victor
>>>>       To: Art Hunkins ; Developer discussions
>>>>       Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:36 PM
>>>>       Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>       Because the 5.10 rpm has a python2.6 dependency. But that might
>>>>       be the case for 5.08 too (I am not sure).
>>>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>>>         From: Art Hunkins
>>>>         To: Developer discussions
>>>>         Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:22 AM
>>>>         Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         I just noticed that the current OLPC build includes Python 2.5,
>>>> whereas SoaS includes Python 2.6
>>>>
>>>>         Csound 5.08.91 is currently in both. Wouldn't this explain why
>>>> 5.08.91 doesn't work on SoaS? And why 5.10 should?
>>>>
>>>>         Art Hunkins
>>>>           ----- Original Message -----
>>>>           From: Victor.Lazzarini@...
>>>>           To: Developer discussions
>>>>           Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:38 PM
>>>>           Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>           The message is strange, but it does not say there is a Python
>>>>           version mismatch. However, having said that, the 5.08.91
>>>>           rpm was built with 2.5 (unless what you have there is another
>>>>           build that somehow uses 2.6).
>>>>
>>>>           What the message says is that the library module Python
>>>>           tried to load does not have one of the API functions. The
>>>>           reason for this I don't know.
>>>>
>>>>           Victor
>>>>
>>>>           ----- Original Message -----
>>>>           From: Art Hunkins <abhunkin@...>
>>>>           Date: Monday, June 29, 2009 10:19 pm
>>>>           Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] Sugar on a Stick - and OLPCsound
>>>>           To: csound-devel@...
>>>>
>>>>           > Victor, Brian and Mike G. -
>>>>           >
>>>>           > I'd like to ask again regarding this SoaS log, and what it
>>>>           > suggests about
>>>>           > the crash of my OurMusic activity.
>>>>           >
>>>>           > The version of Csound is 5.08.91, libsndfile is 1.0.17. And
>>>> as
>>>>           > you can see
>>>>           > Python 2.6 and libcsnd.so.5.1 are referenced in the log.
>>>>           >
>>>>           > Is the difficulty incompatible versions of Python and/or
>>>>           > libsndfile/libcsnd.so.5.1?
>>>>           >
>>>>           > A member of the sugar-devel list suggested that the problem
>>>>           > might well be
>>>>           > solved with Csound5.10 (Fedora 11) which will be available
>>>>           > through yum
>>>>           > update later this week. (It's apparently ready to go.) What
>>>> do
>>>>           > you imagine?
>>>>           >
>>>>           > The log:
>>>>           >
>>>>           > /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/util.py:25:
>>>>           > DeprecationWarning: the
>>>>           > sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
>>>>           >
>>>>           > import sha
>>>>           >
>>>>           > Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>           >
>>>>           > File "/usr/bin/sugar-activity", line 21, in <module>
>>>>           >
>>>>           > main.main()
>>>>           >
>>>>           > File
>>>> "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/activity/main.py",
>>>>           > line 105, in
>>>>           > main
>>>>           >
>>>>           > module = __import__(module_name)
>>>>           >
>>>>           > File
>>>> "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/ourmusic.py",
>>>>           > line 41, in
>>>>           > <module>
>>>>           >
>>>>           > import csndsugui
>>>>           >
>>>>           > File
>>>> "/home/liveuser/Activities/OurMusic.activity/csndsugui.py",
>>>>           > line 36, in
>>>>           > <module>
>>>>           >
>>>>           > import csnd
>>>>           >
>>>>           > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/csnd.py", line 7, in
>>>>           > <module>
>>>>           > import _csnd
>>>>           >
>>>>           > ImportError: /usr/lib/libcsnd.so.5.1: undefined symbol:
>>>>           > csoundGetInputBuffer
>>>>           >
>>>>           >
>>>>           > Thanks -
>>>>           >
>>>>           > Art Hunkins
>>>>           >
>>>>           >
>>>>           >
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>>>>           National University of Ireland, Maynooth
>>>>
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