Ubutnu 17.04. Peek cannot write file

[ghost]

:~ peek -v
Peek 1.1.0

:~ uname -a
Linux rpc 4.10.0-35-generic #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 07:46:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

:~ peek
Using screen recorder backend ffmpeg
ffmpeg version 3.2.4-1build2 Copyright (c) 2000-2017 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 6.3.0 (Ubuntu 6.3.0-8ubuntu1) 20170221
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=1build2 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --enable-avisynth --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libebur128 --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 55. 34.101 / 55. 34.101
libavcodec 57. 64.101 / 57. 64.101
libavformat 57. 56.101 / 57. 56.101
libavdevice 57. 1.100 / 57. 1.100
libavfilter 6. 65.100 / 6. 65.100
libavresample 3. 1. 0 / 3. 1. 0
libswscale 4. 2.100 / 4. 2.100
libswresample 2. 3.100 / 2. 3.100
libpostproc 54. 1.100 / 54. 1.100
[x11grab @ 0x55a927d45fe0] Stream #0: not enough frames to estimate rate; consider increasing probesize
Input #0, x11grab, from ':0+1935,87':
Duration: N/A, start: 1509098109.967989, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (BGR[0] / 0x524742), bgr0, 1391x579, 10 fps, 1000k tbr, 1000k tbn, 1000k tbc
Output #0, rawvideo, to '/home/r/.cache/peek/peekXXXXXX.pam':
Metadata:
encoder : Lavf57.56.101
Stream #0:0: Video: pam, rgb24, 1391x579, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 10 fps, 10 tbn, 10 tbc
Metadata:
encoder : Lavc57.64.101 pam
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (rawvideo (native) -> pam (native))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
frame= 174 fps= 10 q=-0.0 Lsize= 410571kB time=00:00:17.40 bitrate=193298.5kbits/s speed=1.01x
video:410571kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%
convert-im6.q16: unable to get registry ID cache:hosts' @ error/registry.c/GetImageRegistry/201. convert-im6.q16: DistributedPixelCache '127.0.0.1' @ error/distribute-cache.c/ConnectPixelCacheServer/244. convert-im6.q16: cache resources exhausted /home/r/.cache/peek/peekXXXXXX.pam' @ error/cache.c/OpenPixelCache/3945.
Error: Child process exited with code 1
File save error: Error when getting information for file “/home/r/.cache/peek/peekXXXXXX.gif”: No such file or directory
Temp file delete error: Error removing file /home/r/.cache/peek/peekXXXXXX.gif: No such file or directory

[gort818]

Seems to be the same problem here #198

[phw]

No, this is the typical "cache resource exhausted" error you get due to ImageMagick's excessive RAM usage.

@rokkerruslan Peek 1.1.0 uses ImageMagick to convert the recorded videos to GIF files. I would recommend you to use the latest development version which does not use ImageMagick anymore and is lighter on resources. Easiest way for you is probably to switch to the daily PPA, see https:/phw/peek/blob/master/README.md#ubuntu

Also see #196 for related discussion.

If you want to keep using Peek 1.1.0 stable some advice:

• Record smaller video (smaller screen area)
• Use the MP4 or WebM formats for recording
• Make sure you have enough free RAM available (I'd recommend at least 2-4 GB, but it's not easy to say how much ImageMagick will actually need).

Closing this as a duplicate of #125, #196 and others.