Sound dead since I have install Audacity 2.0.0 Unicode

Audacity Help Forum GNU/Linux
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Hi,

I don’t have sound anymore on my Linux Mandrake ROSA since I installed .RPM Audacity 2.0.0
Volume set on MAX and I barely hear something.

Thanks helping me out

Else under Windows VISTA partition it works fine

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Please post the contents of Help > Audio Device Info… in Audacity.


Gale

3

Default capture device number: -1
Default playback device number: -1

Device ID: 0
Device name: HDA Intel: AD198x Analog (hw:0,0)
Host name: ALSA
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.011610
Low Output Latency: 0.011610
High Input Latency: 0.046440
High Output Latency: 0.046440
Supported Rates:
8000
11025
16000
22050
32000
44100
48000

Device ID: 1
Device name: front
Host name: ALSA
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.011610
High Input Latency: -1.000000
High Output Latency: 0.046440
Supported Rates:
8000
11025
16000
22050
32000
44100
48000

Device ID: 2
Device name: surround40
Host name: ALSA
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.011610
High Input Latency: -1.000000
High Output Latency: 0.046440
Supported Rates:
8000
11025
16000
22050
32000
44100
48000

Device ID: 3
Device name: surround51
Host name: ALSA
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1.000000

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I don’t know if Gale can cast some light on this, but in the current (2.0.3) version of Audacity, the device number should not be a negative number. I don’t see how “-1” can be a valid device or how that can occur. Have you tried resetting the Audacity preferences (close Audacity then delete the hidden file ~/.audacity-data/audacity.cfg )

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On Windows the “Default Device” in Audio Device Info is the device set as default in Windows. if the Default Device in Audio Device Info is -1, there are no enabled devices in Windows.

On Linux, “Default Device” in Audio Device Info means explicitly the device called “default” when you click in Device Toolbar. If there is no device called “default” then “Default Device” in Audio Device Info could be -1 when other devices are available. Whether that is a valid state on Mandrake, I don’t know.

@AlainBastien can you post the complete Audio Device Info - click in the Audio Device Info window then right-click > Select All then you can copy it all.

Also open a terminal or console window and post the results of:

arecord -l

and:

aplay -l

Gale