On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 20:58 +0100, Antonio Montagnani wrote: > I am running fully updated Fedora Core 4 with latest kernel > I installed Skype and during the echo test I realized that microphone > was not working, so I installed Audacity and when it start I get an > error during i/o initialization suggesting that I could have some > problems in hearing or recording.Host error > > When I start recording I get an error of opening the input device > (please check the device options and sampling frequency) > Furtermore in audacity in Preferences I cannot choose anything in audio > I/O playback or recording. > My sound card is recognized as an Intel 82801EB/ER(ICH5/ICH5R) Ac'97 > Audio Controller and slides are on... > Playback with other application (also Skype) is fine (Mp3 are o.k., > streaming is o.k), I changed also the microphone. > On my system I always get an error initializing the audio i/o layer if I start (example) xmms prior to starting audacity. If I start audacity first - no error. -gary