Help with Audacity on Kubuntu 8.04

[Rick Knight]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 19:42 -0700, Rick Knight wrote:
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>> Ric Moore wrote:
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>>> Did you get the message "device /dev/snd missing"?  Ric
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>> No, I did not get that message. Also, as I said in a previous post I 
>> have been able to get the ALSA drivers to work. But I still cannot get 
>> the USB input to work, with Audacity or in general. In fact, my USB 
>> device does not show up in Alsamixer. It shows up in Kmix, but only as 
>> an input device and just as a microphone. No sound from the USB at all. 
>> Is there additional configuration required for a USB device with ALSA?
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> If you have the terminal command "lsusb" handy, that will tell you what
> the system sees attached to usb. It's been ages since I had to use it to
> set up a webcam, but getting the device's numbers may be of use to you,
> if it shows up. If your device doesn't show up, then it's another can of
> worms. 
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> Have you goggled on your USB device to see if others have a similar
> problem?? If so, you may just have to forgo using it as a USB device and
> do the patch cord thing that you said did work. I really wish I or
> another could be of more help. Maybe getting a 3 foot or so stereo cable
> extension would prevent you from having to dink with the backside of
> your system. :) Ric
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Got the USB audio working. All it took was a restart with the USB 
turntable plugged in, so probably just restarting the soundserver would 
do the same.

Thanks,
Rick