In the past months, audacity, has worked ok (version 1.1). After the upgrade with apt-get, it wont work anymore (version 1.2) . Searching with Google, I found that I need Jack to connect Alsa to the audio application ( http://www.djcj.org/LAU/jack/ ), but the problem has continued. I verified when Audacity starts that appears a daemon as "CheckHardware --sound /usr/bin/audacity". Yesterday, I want to install Mustajuuri (similar to audacity), and I needed to install some libraries such as audiofile, snd; and after some probes, and reinstalling some sound packages (audiofile, snd, speex), audacity now works ok, but with a few changes in the control center- multimedia (disabling full duplex). http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/ I dont know why appears as input and output only /dev/dsp in the Audacity settings, and not appears other devices when all Alsa native devices are under /proc/asound. The device /dev/dsp is the Open Sound device emulation for alsa. Thanks, Juan Eduard Avetisyan wrote:

hi!

check if you're running artsd or esd in the meantime. xmms is smart enough to use these sound daemons without demanding direct access to the sound device. BTW, may happen that Audacity has a similar option/plugin, you may want to check it...

Cheers Eduard

--- Juan Erbes <jerbes@arnet.com.ar> wrote:

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Hi! When I open some audio applications such as Audacity or env24control, I got the error "direct access to sound device not possible". I have SuSE 8.2, and the spund card is a SBLive Platinum with livedrive, and, of course with Alsa drivers. With other applications such as Xmms, I have no problem.

Thanks, Juan

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I've got a similar, if not the same problem. I've been busy as hell lately, and haven't had time to dig deep, but my issue is that I get no sound. The only app I've tried is XMMS, and played a bit with SuSE's mixer. (I did check to make sure the headphones were plugged in properly). Is there an app out there that can tell me what's going on? I did have some trouble with Artsd (which I'm running now) on Redhat up until the time I switched to SuSE a week or so ago. I really don't have to have sound at this point, but it would be nice. Juan Erbes wrote:

If You will install Mustajuuri, take a look at: http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/doc/README.install.html

Juan Erbes wrote:

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In the past months, audacity, has worked ok (version 1.1). After the upgrade with apt-get, it wont work anymore (version 1.2) . Searching with Google, I found that I need Jack to connect Alsa to the audio application ( http://www.djcj.org/LAU/jack/ ), but the problem has continued. I verified when Audacity starts that appears a daemon as "CheckHardware --sound /usr/bin/audacity". Yesterday, I want to install Mustajuuri (similar to audacity), and I needed to install some libraries such as audiofile, snd; and after some probes, and reinstalling some sound packages (audiofile, snd, speex), audacity now works ok, but with a few changes in the control center- multimedia (disabling full duplex). http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/ I dont know why appears as input and output only /dev/dsp in the Audacity settings, and not appears other devices when all Alsa native devices are under /proc/asound. The device /dev/dsp is the Open Sound device emulation for alsa.

Thanks, Juan

Eduard Avetisyan wrote:

...

hi!

check if you're running artsd or esd in the meantime. xmms is smart enough to use these sound daemons without demanding direct access to the sound device. BTW, may happen that Audacity has a similar option/plugin, you may want to check it...

Cheers Eduard

--- Juan Erbes <jerbes@arnet.com.ar> wrote:

...

Hi! When I open some audio applications such as Audacity or env24control, I got the error "direct access to sound device not possible". I have SuSE 8.2, and the spund card is a SBLive Platinum with livedrive, and, of course with Alsa drivers. With other applications such as Xmms, I have no problem.

Thanks, Juan

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