"Audio device is unaccessible now" on Ubuntu 12.04

[Ric Moore]

On 10/25/2012 10:38 AM, Jatin wrote:
> On Thursday 25 October 2012 07:48 PM, Jatin wrote:
>> On Sunday 21 October 2012 11:11 AM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On 10/19/2012 01:26 AM, Jatin wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I saw this thread:
>>>>
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/102332/webex-audio-not-working-with-11-10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I understand that this issue was seen on browsers using 64-bit of
>>>> firefox but i am using 32-bit version of firefox. But still i am
>>>> getting
>>>> the error on the webex saying that the "Audio device is unaccessible
>>>> now"
>>>>
>>>> I installed the following:
>>>>
>>>> Oracle JRE 7
>>>> Plugin for firefox browsers , filename is libnpjp2.so
>>>>
>>>> The ubuntu installation is installed on an i386 laptop , so it is
>>>> indeed
>>>> 32-bit installation. But still Webex says "Audio device is
>>>> unaccessible"
>>>>
>>>> Some one could please help me in this regard. I am loosing out on some
>>>> very important meetings with my team.
>>> Have you installed pavucontrol?? You need it to setup pulseaudio to
>>> run on your audio gear. Ric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> My audio is fine. I have no issues with it. It is only when i attend
>> Webex meetings that i get this error message in Webex. Calls over
>> skype just work flawlessly. The main issue is with Webex only.
>>
>> Will installing pavucontrol fix this problem for me ?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jatin
> Tried after installing PavuControl. It did not solve my issue. I think
> it is something specific to Webex and not audio in general.

Ah... have you updated or upgraded from OpenJDK to Oracle Java? If so, 
rm -rf ~/.java first. Maybe reboot. Never hurts. Before you run Webex 
again, run this from here:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasounddemo-140014.html

For whatever reason, this seems to cure my sound problems in Java 
intensive applications. It seems to set up your ~/.java config correctly 
and everything else then works. But, I would have pavucontrol also open 
so you can see what it happening to your input/output and assign to the 
devices you want it use with webex running.

But, if Webex is looking for /dev/snd then you will have to start it 
using "padsp webex" to redirect the old OSS /dev/snd to pulse. This 
should get you going, I hope! It's worth a shot. That would be better 
than hosing up your system.  Ric


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