Bug#579022: audacity: cannot record stuff

[Toni Mueller]

Package: audacity
Version: 1.3.12-2
Severity: important


Hello,

I'm trying out audacity, and encounter the following problem:

At startup:

$ audacity 
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653

When the GUI is up, I cannot easily chose a recording device, and the
only sound that I'm able to record, if anything, is some jittering noise
that sounds much like an artifact, and remotely resembles a running
electric engine. The wave in the monitor remains flat, however.


Kind regards,
--Toni++


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (250, 'unstable'), (50, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-686-bigmem (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages audacity depends on:
ii  audacity-data            1.3.12-2        A fast, cross-platform audio edito
ii  libasound2               1.0.22-2        shared library for ALSA applicatio
ii  libc6                    2.10.2-6        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libexpat1                2.0.1-7         XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii  libflac++6               1.2.1-2+b1      Free Lossless Audio Codec - C++ ru
ii  libflac8                 1.2.1-2+b1      Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtim
ii  libgcc1                  1:4.4.2-9       GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0             2.24.0-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0              2.20.0-2        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libid3tag0               0.15.1b-10      ID3 tag reading library from the M
ii  libjack0                 0.118+svn3796-2 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii  libmad0                  0.15.1b-5       MPEG audio decoder library
ii  libogg0                  1.2.0~dfsg-1    Ogg bitstream library
ii  libsamplerate0           0.1.7-3         Audio sample rate conversion libra
ii  libsndfile1              1.0.21-2        Library for reading/writing audio 
ii  libsoundtouch1c2         1.3.1-2         sound stretching library
ii  libstdc++6               4.4.2-9         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtwolame0              0.3.12-1        MPEG Audio Layer 2 encoding librar
ii  libvamp-hostsdk3         2.1-1           helper library for Vamp hosts writ
ii  libvorbis0a              1.3.1-1         The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisenc2            1.3.1-1         The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libvorbisfile3           1.3.1-1         The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii  libwxbase2.8-0           2.8.10.1-3      wxBase library (runtime) - non-GUI
ii  libwxgtk2.8-0            2.8.10.1-3      wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI t

Versions of packages audacity recommends:
ii  libavcodec52                  4:0.5.1-3  ffmpeg codec library
ii  libavformat52                 4:0.5.1-3  ffmpeg file format library

Versions of packages audacity suggests:
ii  amb-plugins [ladspa-plugin]   0.6.1-1    ambisonics LADPSA plugins
ii  caps [ladspa-plugin]          0.4.2-1    C* Audio Plugin Suite
pn  libmp3lame0                   <none>     (no description available)
ii  tap-plugins [ladspa-plugin]   0.7.0-2    Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plug

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