[LAU] SOLVED - Crashing Audacity 1.3.9 on Mandriva 2010.0

The problem is solved. I reenabled PulseAudio. I changed my /etc/modprobe.conf from this alias sound-slot-0 snd_ice1712 alias sound-slot-1 snd_ice1712 alias sound-slot-2 snd_ens1371 to this alias sound-slot-0 snd_ens1371 alias sound-slot-1 snd_ice1712 alias sound-slot-2 snd_ice1712 Then I rebooted. After the machine was back up, Amarok worked with PulseAudio enabled. Audacity 1.3.11 shows only ALSA in its host type list. For playback I chose the ENS1371 card, which is now my default. For recording, I could only choose "default", so that's what I chose. Edits in that dialog do not cause crashing when okayed. Audacity records just fine now. What's more, when I do a mic check for of Audacity's input, I hear the output on my speakers. My ENS1371 card has never been that full duplex before. Maybe I should credit PulseAudio with that behavior? Anyway, everything works and I believe the main cause of that was reordering my sound devices in /etc/modprobe.conf which now agrees with the order I had before I upgraded my distribution from Mandriva 2007.0 to Mandriva 2010.0. I hope this info helps the next person to face a similar challenge. Cheerio.... -- Kevin