sound recorder

[Norman Silverstone]

On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 14:35 -0600, Kent Frazier wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 20:07:24 +0000, Norman Silverstone
> <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
> > I downloaded audacity using synaptic and used run applications to start
> > up the software. A message appeared which said:- There was an error
> > initialising the audio i/o layer. You will not be able to play or record
> > audio. Error Host error.
> > 
> > What should I do to put things right?
> > 
> 
> Unfortunately, Audacity does not work well with the sound server (ESD)
> that Ubuntu uses.  It doesn't work with any sound server from what I
> understand.  The only way I have been able to use it is to type
> 'killall esd' in a terminal before starting the program.  You can then
> restart esd afterwards, but this is still not a great method.  I wish
> I knew of a better way, but this is the only way I have figured out.
> 
> Audacity is a great program other than that, however, and I wish it
> could find some way to get along with the sound servers used in Linux.

Thanks for your suggestions but I think I will wait a little longer
until the next version of Ubuntu becomes available. Perhaps the problem
with Sound Recorder will have been sorted out by then. 

Norman