[Bug 689426] Re: Confusing error message when an audio call fails

[Arseniy Alekseyev]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: empathy
  
  I received the following message when the sound capture failed during an
  audio call:
  
  There was a failure in the call engine:
  Could not link source
  
- The underlying problem turned out to be incorrect configuration of the default gstreamer source. I had /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosrc set to "osssrc" while I did not have OSS installed.
+ The underlying problem turned out to be incorrect configuration of the default gstreamer source. I had /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/audiosrc GConf key set to "osssrc" while I did not have OSS installed.
  ALSA-based applications worked perfectly so I had no idea why empathy would fail.
  
  The problem became obvious when I executed the following command: gst-
  launch-0.10 gconfaudiosrc ! gconfaudiosink
  
  The output clearly showed what went wrong:
  
  ERROR: from element /GstBin:bin0/GstOssSrc:osssrc0: Could not open audio device for recording.
  Additional debug info:
  gstosssrc.c(379): gst_oss_src_open (): /GstBin:bin0/GstOssSrc:osssrc0:
  Unable to open device /dev/dsp for recording: No such file or directory
  
  I think it would be great if the empathy error "Technical details"
  showed this information or at least hint what it was trying to do (open
  the "gconfaudiosrc" gstreamer element).
  
  Even a slight modification of the error message could make it vastly more useful:
  "Could not link gstreamer source 'gconfaudiosrc'."

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Title:
  Confusing error message when an audio call fails