Hello James, thanks for your reply. > You could confirm it by trying to open the capture device using a > simpler utility, such as arecord. If you get the same result, then you > have nicely excluded audacity from the problem, and identified the > kernel driver as likely cause. The ice1712 is the module for my Terratec Phase88/Envy24 Chipset soundcard which I successfully use all the time with any other audiosoftware on my linux machine. > What I recommend ... check for a more recent kernel in whatever > distribution you are using. Hmm. Nothing available at the moment. It looks like they're working on a openSuse 10.3 based JAD release but there is just a source available that could still be unstable. > rebuild the kernel ... O.o .... now you said the three magic words that makes me get shivers down my spine. I use the JAD kernel-rt-2.6.19-5.i586 Thats all I can say. Unfortunately, I haven't got any clue about how to recompile/change/patch a kernel. :( Best regards, Sebastian. web: linuxaudioblog.sternenhejim.de _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user