Audacity

Calum · 11-06-2003, 01:59 PM

hello.
when i go into file > preferences in audacity and try to change anything, i get this:

"Error - invalid playback device" whenever i try to change anything and then click OK to exit.
the playback device is set to /dev/dsp which is the only valid playback device on my system.

this stops me from changing any of the other prefs, specifically bitrates etc.

i googled for this but only found people saying "don't change the preferences", which is no help to me.

Any ideas?

thanks in advance...

megaspaz · 11-06-2003, 09:24 PM

maybe check the permissions for /dev/dsp. is it accessible to everyone?

Calum · 11-08-2003, 03:43 PM

permissions are 777 on /dev/dsp
the default permissions on /dev/dsp in slack 9 are pretty strict so i generally change them to 777 out of habit.

incidentally, i read your signature and thought of this, from a book i am reading:

Quote:

The news that they have nothing to fear is guaranteed to strike terror into the hearts of innocents everywhere - Terry Pratchett - The Fifth Elephant

paulo1b · 12-13-2003, 10:35 AM

>when i go into file > preferences in audacity and try to change anything, i get this:
> "Error - invalid playback device" whenever i try to change anything and then click OK > to exit.

I have the very same problem, except that /dev/dsp is just a link to /dev/sound/dsp, but anyway, it wouldn't work either with that one.
NB: My distro is Mandrake 9.2

Calum · 12-14-2003, 04:50 PM

the best advice ive heard so far is to upgrade to a newer beta version of audacity, or to edit the config files by hand.