can't open audacity [SOLVED]

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Hello,

I can’t open Audacity anymore for a couple of weeks…

here’s the message I’ve got:

$ audacity
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
Failed to load plugin "/usr/lib/ladspa/caps.so": /usr/lib/ladspa/caps.so: Ne peut ouvrir le fichier d'objet partagé: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type

(sorry, french…)

$ uname -a
Linux arch 3.4.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 15 18:59:31 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
2

Try Google search. There are many reports of problems with that plug-in. Try deleting .asoundrc or asound.conf (see http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc ) . Or delete the plug-in if you don’t want it.

You can also quit Audacity and initialise its preferences ( http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/preferences.html#stored ) or initialise Preferences and disable LADSPA plug-ins. Here is the code to initialise Audacity and also disable LADSPA

NewPrefsInitialized=1
[Ladspa]
Enable=0

Gale

3

Problem solved, thank you.