Gramofile problems - can't record anything

[Net Llama!]

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 May 2002 11:12 pm, Alan Jackson wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 May 2002 14:21:57 -0400  Tim Wunder wrote:
> > > Anyone on list using Gramofile?
> > > I have gramofile-1.6 installed under a slightly modified Caldera eW3.1
> > > system (KDE 3.0.1, X-4.1.0, kernel 2.4.18-with preempt patch) and I can't
> > > get it to record from my sound card. I can use it to play a WAV file, but
> > > it won't record. I can navigate the record menu until I get to where I
> > > start the recording, but when I tell it to start, it just kicks me back
> > > to the main menu. No error output or anything. I'm quite puzzled by it.
> >
> > I have used it a lot (wrote an SxS on it), and had no problems. I run it on
> > eW3.1 also.
> >
> > I don't remember doing anything special to set it up. Can you listen to
> > sound piped into your soundcard from your speakers without gramofile in the
> > loop?
>
> Yep.
> For kicks, what's different on your eW3.1 setup than mine? I'm running kernel
> 2.4.18 with the pre-empt kernel patch and glibc 2.2.4. Those are what I've
> updated since having a working krecord to having a non-working krecord. I'm
> only trying to use gramofile because krecord appears to be broken for me.
> Perhaps my krecord and gramofile problems are related. krecord exits with an
> immediate segfault. gramofile just won't record anything.

Perhaps you should strace them?


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