I get the exact same error running fully-updated Oneiric. I also get a similar error when running ffmpeg:
aroman@crackedpipes:~$ ffmpeg -f alsa -ac 2 -i pulse -f x11grab -r 30 -s 1024x768 -i :0.0 -acodec pcm_s16le -vcodec libx264 -vpre lossless_ultrafast -threads 0 output.mkv ffmpeg version 0.7.1-4:0.7.1-1ubuntu2, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the Libav developers built on Aug 1 2011 11:51:48 with gcc 4.6.1 configuration: --extra-version='4:0.7.1-1ubuntu2' --arch=amd64 --prefix=/usr --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --enable-libvpx --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-vaapi --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil 51. 7. 0 / 51. 7. 0 libavcodec 53. 5. 0 / 53. 5. 0 libavformat 53. 2. 0 / 53. 2. 0 libavdevice 53. 0. 0 / 53. 0. 0 libavfilter 2. 4. 0 / 2. 4. 0 libswscale 2. 0. 0 / 2. 0. 0 libpostproc 52. 0. 0 / 52. 0. 0 ALSA lib dlmisc.c:254:(snd1_dlobj_cache_get) Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/alsa-lib/libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so [alsa @ 0xe27340] cannot open audio device pulse (No such device or address) pulse: Input/output error aroman@crackedpipes:~$ __ It would seem something has broken in alsa land. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/824507 Title: Cannot access sound card To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/recordmydesktop/+bug/824507/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
