[nflug] Recording audio output

[Joe]

Joe wrote:
> Cyber Source wrote:
>   
>> I'm a huge fan of audacity, it's been around forever and works great.
>>
>> Joe wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm using kubuntu gutsy.  When I click on the speaker icon in my panel,
>>> it brings up kmix.  Everything works fine.
>>>
>>> When I play a flash audio from a website, the audio shows up and is
>>> controlled by kmix (the pcm slider).
>>>
>>> When, at the same time, I run
>>>
>>> arecord -c 2 -f dat -v -v fubar.dat
>>>
>>> I get a very large wav file with nothing but crosstalk background noise
>>> on it.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to get arecord (or something similar) to capture this or
>>> other audio streams from the web?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Joe
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> When I start audacity, I get Error Locking Temporary Folder.
> What do I look for to fix this?
>
> Joe
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I just got the error log:

11:28:02 AM: Failed to create a temporary file name (error 13:
Permission denied)
11:28:02 AM: can't open user configuration file.

So what do I have to do to get it pointed to somewhere it can write to,
etc.?

Joe