Cannot Record, wont sample at any rate.

[2Fry]

I am using Audacity 1.3.4-beta on OpenSUSE 11.0
I can record with no problem using KRecord 3.5.9
When I press the record button it opens a new track but the pointer does not move and the counters stay at zero. No error message comes up and I can stop the recording. I have tried all the settings in the Audio I/O and Quality pages, nothing changes.
Another couple of minor problems are that the volume and pitch controls affects the sound output of Amarok, also after I load Auducity I cant start KRecord and get the error message "Can't open soundcard: Device or resource busy".

Any help would be great.

audio device info
==============================
Default capture device number: -1
Default playback device number: -1
==============================
Device ID: 0
Device name: ALSA: ESI [email protected]: IEC1724 IEC958 (hw:0,1)
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:
44100
48000
96000
==============================
Device ID: 1
Device name: ALSA: iec958
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:
44100
48000
96000
==============================
Device ID: 2
Device name: ALSA: spdif
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:
44100
48000
96000
==============================
Device ID: 3
Device name: ALSA: default
Input channels: 128
Output channels: 128
Low Input Latency: 0.042653
Low Output Latency: 0.042653
High Input Latency: 0.046440
High Output Latency: 0.046440
Supported Rates:
8000
16000
22050
44100
48000
==============================
Device ID: 4
Device name: ALSA: dmix
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.042667
High Input Latency: -1.000000
High Output Latency: 0.042667
Supported Rates:
48000
==============================
Selected capture device: 0 - ALSA: ESI [email protected]: IEC1724 IEC958 (hw:0,1)
Selected playback device: 0 - ALSA: ESI [email protected]: IEC1724 IEC958 (hw:0,1)
Supported Rates: 44100
48000
96000
==============================
Available mixers:
==============================
Available capture sources:
0 - Monitor Analog In:0
1 - Monitor Digital In:0
2 - Monitor Digital Out:0
3 - Multi Track Peak:0
==============================
Available playback volumes:
0 - Master:0
1 - PCM:0
2 - IEC958 Output:0
3 - Monitor Analog In:0
4 - Monitor Digital In:0
5 - Monitor Digital Out:0
6 - Multi Track Peak:0
7 - Multi Track Rate Locking:0
8 - Multi Track Rate Reset:0
==============================
Capture volume is emulated
Capture volume is native

[steve]

Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O
set the recording and playback devices to "ALSA: default"
Restart Audacity and cross your fingers.
Use your Mixer application (Alsa Mixer, or whatever you use) to set recording levels, input sources and so on.

When the day comes that sound card manufacturers support Linux, we'll be laughing.