> On the topic of sound, Audacity gives me an error when
> loading, but only in KDE (not FluxBox). The error is:
>
> There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer.
> You will not be able to play or record audio.
> Error: Host error.
>
> Again, this doesn't happen in FluxBox, but as I prefer KDE,
> I really would like
> audacity to run.
Guess:
* you have a soundcard which does not support hardware mixing.
If it's an AC '97 compliant chip, it is
* arts is running and blocks the device
* Therefore Audacity cannot start
Three solutions:
* Kill arts before starting audacity
(try 'artsshell -q terminate')
* Create an asoundrcfile including the DMIX software mixing
plugin
* Install ALSA 1.0.9 which has softwaremixing enabled per
default
Best regards
ce
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