The usual explanation for that is that Audacity is trying to record but is not receiving any audio data, so it just sits there waiting for the audio stream to start.
What are you trying to record and what settings are you using? In particular, what settings do you have in the device toolbar?
I was not recording anything. I simply loaded a wave file to play it back. The same goes for other formats as well. The curser will not move when Play is pressed. Although it looks like it wants to go.
well! would you believe it? Theproblem was not with Audacity at all. It was caused by a bit of software I had never tried before: “Patchage”. It’s meant to “manage Jack and MIDI connections”. Audacity is fine until this garbage is run up. I have always used Jack, and know not to run Audacity at the same time, but this other garbage? forget it.
So no bugs folks only a herring in a primary colour.
Glad that you now have it working, though I disagree that Patchage is “garbage”. Patchage can be a very useful tool when working with Jack Audio System. You don’t need to use Jack Audio System, so Patchage is inappropriate for your needs. A spanner is “garbage” if you need a hammer, but not garbage if you need a spanner
