ERROR OPENING SOUND DEVICE

Audacity Help Forum GNU/Linux
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Error:
Error opening sound device.
Cannot do anything, tried changing sample rate, install portaudio. killing pulseaudio and using audacity. nothing works.
System Details:

  • OS: Void Linux x86_64
  • Kernel: 5.12.12_1
    Audacity Version:

2.4.1

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Our resident Linux guru is out. Perhaps a solution to your issue can be found here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/search.php?keywords=Error+opening+sound+device&terms=all&author=&fid[]=48&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

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Please post your “Audio Device Info” so that we can see what devices Audacity “sees”.
(See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/help_menu_diagnostics.html)