Sometimes the sound driver is been used by another process. Try "fuser /dev/dsp" to see who is using it and you can try to kill it.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Paulus
</b> <<a href="mailto:mark.paulus@verizonbusiness.com">mark.paulus@verizonbusiness.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br>Austin Roberts wrote:<br>> Hi,<br>> I just upgraded from Ubuntu Dapper to Edgy, (I created a new partition<br>> for Edgy, so I still have my Dapper install). As far as I can tell, my<br>> MythTV setup is the same as it was before, but I can't record sound on
<br>> my Edgy install. When the backend is trying to record something, the log<br>> is repeating:<br>><br>> NVR: Only read -1 bytes of 4096 bytes from '/dev/dsp<br>> read audio: Input/output error<br>>
<br>> When I try running 'aplay /dev/dsp' I get:<br>><br>> play: playback:2021: read error<br>><br>> My mixer seems to be set properly, and when I unmute the Line In, I can<br>> hear what's coming through the tv card.
<br>><br>> I'm fairly confident this is a problem with Ubuntu, not MythTV, but I<br>> was hoping someone here might have an idea on how I can fix it. For the<br>> time being, I'm back on my dapper partition, but I'd like to upgrade if
<br>> possible.<br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> -Austin<br>><br><br>Sounds like maybe a permission problem. Make sure your userid and<br>mythtv userid are added to the audio group 'sudo adduser <userid> audio'.
<br>While you are in there, you might want to make sure you and mythtv are<br>part of the video group also. (check /etc/group and/or /etc/passwd).<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list
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