Re: Audacity sound problem
Sorry for reposting.
I did not get that mail for a long time.
So I thought it was lost in ether.
Anyway, thanks for the pointer.
--Micheal
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:34:00 -0500, Darryl Clarke <smartssa@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:31:13 -0500, Darryl Clarke <smartssa@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 01:48:33 +0530, Micheal Mukherji
> > <michy.mighty@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I can play sound with xmms, mplayer etc.
> > > I use esd.
> > >
> > > Audacity reports"Could not Initialize sound, host error"
> > > I made sure that no audio appl was holding the sound device.
>
> > I get the same error when I try to load Audacity.
> >
> > I'm guessing it's not happy when it comes to gnome's multimedia system and ESD.
>
> Right from Audacity's website...
> " Are you using a soundserver like aRts (commonly found with KDE) or
> esd (commonly found with GNOME)? If so, you will need to kill it first
> before using Audacity! Example:
> killall esd "
>
> --
> Darryl
> smartssa@gmail.com
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>
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