Re: Audacity Problem

Apparently SuSE 10.1 uses portaudio v19 which causes some severe
problems with Audacity, which I use a lot.  Is there a way to switch
back to portaudio v18?

>From the Audacity forum:
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> It's not a general linux problem, but SuSE specific. I think the
> problem is SuSE's particular build of audacity.
> I think
> your audacity build has been built with portaudio v19 rather than the
> stable default portaudio v18. This is causing a lot of SuSE users
> major difficulties, but also has the effect of making the cursor run
> at double speed if you select an OSS audio device via the ALSA OSS
> in-kernel emulation. The solution is obvious - use the default
> portaudio version, or select the native ALSA sound device.
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