Error message when launching audacity and no sound devices listed under playback/recording preferences
Bug #337 reported by
Fred Blaise
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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audacity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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MOTU |
Bug Description
Upon launching audacity, the following message appears in a dialog box:
"There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record audio.
Error: Host error"
No devices show up in the Playback or Recording preferences.
All other sound applications work fine, but audacity.
strace file available.
Changed in audacity: | |
assignee: | nobody → motu |
Changed in audacity: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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Please kill esd (or another application hogging /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer) and try again.