Hello Atari, I feel your pain. If we can work out the exact problems in detail then it should be possible to do something about them:
(1) First run "Error! Failed to open xdemorse file Quit xdemorse and correct" (2) cp -a /usr/share/doc/xdemorse/xdemorserc ~/.xdemorserc (3) Second run "Error! Failed to open /dev/tts/2" (4) sed -i -e 's/^FT847$/NONE/' ~/.xdemorserc (5) Third run "/dev/mixer: No such file or directory" "Error! Unable to open mixer device in /dev/mixer Quit and correct xdemorserc" (6) 'lynx /usr/share/doc/xdemorse/xdemorse.html' suggests using 'xdemorse -l' to list mixer options: (7) Gives 26 options: $ xdemorse -l | xargs echo Printing out mixer device names vol bass treble synth pcm speaker line mic cd mix pcm2 rec igain ogain line1 line2 line3 dig1 dig2 dig3 phin phout video radio monitor (8) It appears it doesn't know about ALSA (9) padsp xdemorse "Error! Failed to set line level Quit and correct xdemorserc" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/661963 Title: xdemorse is useless out of the box To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdemorse/+bug/661963/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs