audacity oss kernel question...

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lo-jay · Post by **lo-jay** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:12 pm

succeeded in emerging audacity-1.2.4b-r1.
when starting it i get

error initializing the audio i/o layer

.
got alsa running as module. the kernel config looks like this:

Device Drivers  --->
    Sound  --->
        <M> Sound card Support
            Advanced Linux Sound Architecture  --->
                <M> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
            Open Sound System  --->
                < > Open Sound System (Deprecated)

but to my understanding audacity needs oss - is there a way to run it w/
this config?

thanks again!

gimpel · Post by **gimpel** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:06 pm

turn on oss emulation in alsa (enable the module in kernel config). or use rezound as editor, it supports alsa

lo-jay · Post by **lo-jay** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:18 pm

rezound keeps crashing...
is enabling oss in the kernel sufficient or do i also have to emerge alsa-oss?

thanks a lot!

richardash1981 · Post by **richardash1981** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:24 pm

Turning on OSS in the kernel will upset ALSA, so leav it off, set the "oss" use flag, emerge alsa-oss and alsa-utils, and then you will get the OSS emulation loaded at boot time, and audacity will work.