Fixing Recordmydesktop on Ubuntu

Video related problem:

After while it cannot be finished with Ctrl+C (which alias to kill -s INT PID.)

Audio/sound related problem:

This problem disappears, if sound is not recorded using no-sound switch.

Video error workaround

Workaround to solve this is downgrading libx11-6 package.
Do following steps:

1. As root user first check package update status, command should return following:

   # dpkg --get-selections | grep libx11-6
   libx11-6                                        install

2. configure apt, to hold package version:

   # echo "libx11-6 hold" | dpkg --set-selections

3. Can check again:

   # dpkg --get-selections | grep libx11-6
   libx11-6                                        hold
4. Download previous package version from http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/libs/libx11-6 choose i386 OR amd64

5. Install previous version:

   # dpkg -i libx11-6_1.1.1-1ubuntu4_i386.deb

   or

   # dpkg -i libx11-6_1.1.1-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb

   according to the OS version.

6. Check that apt is working correctly:

   # apt-get update
   ...
   # apt-get upgrade
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree
   Reading state information... Done
   The following packages have been kept back:
     libx11-6
   0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

Sound error workaround

1. Check, that Intel sound card is used. Following command should return  like this:

   # lsmod|grep snd_hda_intel
   snd_hda_intel         440408  5
   snd_pcm                92168  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
   snd_page_alloc         13200  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
   snd_hwdep              12552  1 snd_hda_intel
   snd                    70856  20 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

2. Open file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf and add following line:

   options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1

   what worked for desktop with ASUS motherboard and Dell Studio 17 laptop, or

   options snd-hda-intel index=0 probe_mask=3 position_fix=3 model=laptop

   what worked on HP Compaq 6510b laptop. See more options in links.

3. Reboot computer, to be sure libraries are loaded, and check.

Links

• http://forum.tuxx-home.at/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=565
• https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1804915&forum_id=590957
• https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-2793
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/recordmydesktop/+bug/570133