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Sun Oct 18 06:39:08 UTC 2026

Dear Brian,

Thank you very much for looking into this and explaining what caused the
issue. I have confirmed that the Browsable Database is working properly
again.

I greatly appreciate your help and the efforts to find a more stable
solution.

Best wishes,
Yasuhito
Associate Professor
Kyushu International University
Japan

2026年10月18日(日) 0:40 <chibolts at googlegroups.com>:

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> Yasuhito KIDO <kido1221 at gmail.com>: Oct 17 12:54PM +0900
>
> Hi Leonid,
>
> Thank you very much for explaining the cause of the problem and for
> forwarding my message to the person responsible for the Browsable Database.
> I have now confirmed that the same file-access error also occurs with KWAL,
> so it appears to be related to the security module rather than to a
> particular command.
>
> I understand that the problem may not be fixed immediately. In the
> meantime, I will use the desktop version of CLAN and the downloadable data
> files as you suggested.
>
> Thank you again for your help, and sorry for the multiple messages.
>
> Best wishes,
> Yasuhito
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> Sophie Brook <sophiemeibrook at gmail.com>: Oct 16 02:41PM -0700
>
> Hi thanks for your response,
>
> *Problem 1:*
> see attachment of images (hopefully you can view this!)
>
> *Problem 2:*
> [image: Screenshot 2026-10-16 at 10.33.19 PM.png][image: Screenshot
> 2026-10-16 at 10.33.33 PM.png][image: Screenshot 2026-10-16 at
> 10.34.32 PM.png]
> The format is mp3
> The media files are from our lab. We video participants and the media
> files
> are uploaded to our internal system.
> The bullets are parsed on a blank chat file using the media files.
> Then we duplicate this preparsed chat file for students to use for
> practice.
> The students are finding that the mp3 on its own is fine, it's just when
> they press select + add media file, then the lag begins.
>
> Thank you once again.
> On Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 9:31:07 PM UTC+1 Leonid Spektor wrote:
>
> Leonid Spektor <spektor at andrew.cmu.edu>: Oct 16 10:00PM -0400
>
> Sophie,
>
> Problem 1:
>
> I am trying to understand what steps you are taking in Problem 1.
> Are you saying that you start with these two lines like this:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the book (.) falls [* m: Oing] under [* s:r: prep] the
> [* s:r:gc] ‹hea‹head. [+ gram] •
>
> And you are trying to move [* s:r:gc] to the previous line? Like this:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the book (.) falls [* m: Oing] under [* s:r: prep] the [*
> s:r:gc]
> ‹hea‹head. [+ gram] •
>
> In this case what you end up with on Screenshot 3 is exactly what you can
> expect on a Windows PC. You just need to add space character "the[*
> s:r:gc]" between word "the" and code [* ...]. On Windows PC lines are
> automatically wrapped around to about 80 characters per line. You can not
> get the line like this on Window PC:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the book (.) falls [* m: Oing] under [* s:r: prep] the [*
> s:r:gc] ‹hea‹head. [+ gram] •
>
> It is just too long.
>
>
> Also, I noticed that the CLAN you are using is from the 1st of May 2026.
> Please try to update your CLAN see if the problem goes away.
>
> The other possibility that I have tested on my Windows PC using the latest
> version of CLAN was I starting with:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the book (.) falls [* m: Oing] under [* s:r: prep] the
> [* s:r:gc] ‹hea‹head. [+ gram]
>
> Then I place text cursor before [* s:r:gc] ‹hea‹head. [+ gram] , just like
> in your Screenshot 1. Next I pressed Return/Enter key and I got this:
>
> *PAR: an(d) the book (.) falls [* m: Oing] under [* s:r: prep] the
>
> [* s:r:gc] ‹hea‹head. [+ gram]
>
> Is that what you expect to get?
>
>
>
> Problem 2:
>
> We try to discourage people from using Mp3 files especially if those Mp3
> files are heavily compressed. We notices that even if Mp3 file starts
> playing the bullet correctly on the computer where bullet was added, then
> on an other computer with different hardware and system configuration Mp3
> file will not play in the same place. We always suggest that people use
> .wav format for audio media files.
>
> Just to clarify are you saying that every bullet consistently skips the
> first 0.5 seconds of playing time? Again please try this with the wave file
> or latest version of CLAN or on the same computer where bullets were added
> to the data file. Are you adding bullets from video or audio Mp3 media
> files, because you say you video your participants and the media files are
> uploaded to your system.
>
>
>
> Leonid.
>
>
> > Problem 1:
> > see attachment of images (hopefully you can view this!)
>
> > Problem 2:
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> Brian Macwhinney <macw at andrew.cmu.edu>: Oct 16 11:47AM -0400
>
> Yasuhito.
>
> Evidentally, we needed to run AppArmor once again. It is working now.
> Everytime something changes on the server, we have to run it. We will try
> to find a better way to get it running.
>
> — Brian MacWhinney
> Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology,
> Language Technologies and Modern Languages, CMU
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