Re: direct access to sound device not possible

Juan Erbes <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.multimedia
Message-ID <[email protected]>
If You will install Mustajuuri, take a look at:
http://www.tml.hut.fi/~tilmonen/mustajuuri/doc/README.install.html

Juan Erbes wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]> 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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