[etoys-dev] sound recording in Ubuntu 11.04 etoys

[K. K. Subramaniam]

On Sunday 26 Jun 2011 4:04:23 PM François Barillon wrote:
> sound: /dev/mixer: Erreur d'entrée/sortie
> squeakvm:
> /build/buildd/squeak-vm-4.0.3.2202/unix/vm-sound-OSS/sqUnixSoundOSS.c :355
> : dspOpen:  L'assertion « dsp->fd < 0 » a échoué.
Looks like your etoys vm is using the older OSS sound module. Try using the 
newer vm-sound-ALSA for better results.

You may check your mic input levels with a program like Audacity before using 
it with Etoys.

HTH .. Subbu