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hierarchicalpolymorphist

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Registered: 2007-02-22

Posts: 10

audacity: can't initalize audio layer

I'm using KDE and when I started audacity, I got the following error:

"Error Initializing Audio: There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record audio. Error: Host error."

A bit search on the net I found a wiki entry on audacity's official site.
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? … inuxIssues

It says I have to disable system sound before starting audacity.  The question is how do I disable system sound in KDE?  Also, how do I find out which sound system I'm using?  Can I assume I'm using ALSA since I have alsa in my init daemon.

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catweazle

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-12-14

Posts: 24

Re: audacity: can't initalize audio layer

You can configure KDE sound to auto-suspend in case no application uses arts any longer. Launch the KDE control center, choose "Sound System" below  "Sound & Multimedia". At the bottom of the page you find the option to enable auto-suspend. Default is 60 seconds, I think.