On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 18:19:50 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote: > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:52:29 -0400 Mark Neidorff wrote: > > > > > > I have been trying to record in audacity without success. Using > > > > > alsamixergui all the relevant controls are up and on. > > > > > Audacity plays back fine using the Alsa default, but none of the 6 > > > > > connections shown in the Audacity dialogue including Alsa default > > > > > work. Audacity works in Ubuntu Gutsy using Alsa default in both > > > > > playing back and recording. > > > > > I am using Debian Sid/Lenny. > > > > > > > > What are your settings in the audacity "Audio I/O" preferences? > > > > > > At the moment Alsa default for both recording and playback. But I > > > have tried all the selections for recording which are available in > > > that box and none works. Alsa default allows me to record but its just > > > noise, not the input from the mike. All the others give me a "error > > > opening device" dialogue box. Strange thing is it works in Ubuntu > > > Gutsy and I am embarrassed to say the mike also works fine on my > > > wife's XP box. > > > > Check in your /dev directory for /dev/dsp. I have playback and record > > set to /dev/dsp, channels to 2 and select "software playthrough". That > > does work for me. Can you choose those settings? Have you looked at > > the alsamixer settings and turned things on? > > Been there. Tried that. /dev/dsp works for playback as does Alsa > default...but for record..nothing works including /dev/dsp. Most of the > selections for recording produce the " can't open device error". I am > totally baffled because Audacity works out of the box on Ubuntu Gutsy and > Windows XP. How much of a difference can there be between Debian Sid/Lenny > and Gutsy ??
You'll have to tell us... Run these commands on the Debian install: cat /dev/sndstat > sndstat-debian.txt cat /proc/asound/cards > cards-debian.txt amixer > amixer-debian.txt grep '.*' /sys/module/snd_*/parameters/* > modparams-debian.txt Then do the same on the Ubuntu system to generate the equivalent *-ubuntu.txt files. Compare the pairs of corresponding files (e.g. with "diff -u") and post the results here. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
