Re: [Freeswitch-users] Fscomm unable to detect devices

Rob Dyck <robert.dyck@shaw.ca> wrote:

After figuring out how to get portaudio to build and install, I thought I would get somewhere. Alas, it was not to be.

Attempting to load mod_portaudio put me back where I started - no devices

2010-03-17 23:51:02.007720 [ERR] mod_portaudio.c:980 Cannot find an input device

I've seen this before; it was a permission problem, solved by adding the freeswitch user to the audio group so that it could access the ALSA devices. Whether this is the cause in your case depends on how your operating system controls access to audio devices.