That could
mean that something else is using the OSS devices and
audacity is just waiting for them to become free. Try to
see if
something is using /dev/dsp by doing a:
fuser /dev/dsp
(in a terminal)
Fernando
Other OSS apps work just fine. Nothing shows up with fuser. Weird weird.
Xine will not work with the HDSP/MF either (it starts up and immediately shuts
down), and Mplayer will work with the sdl output - the oss output is grainy,
and the alsa9 won't work at all. It has something to do with the card, because
all of these things work fine with my onboard card.
Probably some problem with the OSS emulation in ALSA.
Maybe you could run audacity with "strace". It will print all the system
calls that it makes and maybe the last one will point to the place where
it hangs (BTW, there is a new version in Planet CCRMA).
-- Fernando