Audacity Forum

bgravato wrote:I think there was also an alsa command (or some other way) that allowed to reset it, but I don't remember now which was... and I'm not at my linux pc at the moment... Check alsactl or something similar, it should be in the alsa package...

Hmmm... alsactl init 0 works...

That changes a bit the picture... On Preferences -> Devices, which devices have you selected for Host, Playback and Recording? Which options do you have available? Are you running pulseaudio, jack, esd or any other sound system beyond the alsa drivers? Can you play a track on audacity? (such as an ...

pmrlondon wrote:There are now a couple of errors appearing in the terminal when I try to monitor:

JackSocketClientChannel read fail
Cannot open PortAudio client

They are actually appearing when I start audacity. I do not know how to resolve them.

May be a dumb question but just to make sure... when you record you get sound and it records properly right? At the present time, it does not record. It won't "go". It has worked in the recent past. There are now a couple of errors appearing in the terminal when I try to monitor: JackSocketClientCh...

I'm on Debian Squeeze/i386 and it works fine... What happens when you select "Start Monitoring" from the drop-down menu next to the mic icon on the toolbar? It switches into monitoring mode, as evidenced by the option being "Stop Monitoring" next time I look at the menu. Apart from that, it does no...

I am using Debian squeeze/amd64 which contains audacity 1.3.12-beta (1.3.12-6 is Debian package version). I intend mainly to record from Line In on my main sound card, which is supported by ALSA. In fact, I have already used it successfully. However, I tried to use it just now and I could not get it...