Failed to create sample application

[Vaibhav]

Hi I installed alexa on a fresh raspbian stretch by chosing the option 2 all of the things went well until I got this error

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo /home/pi/Assistants-Pi/Alexa/startsample.sh
2019-07-26 18:13:45.305 [ 1] I sdkVersion: 1.9.0
configFile /home/pi/Assistants-Pi/Alexa/build/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json
Running app with log level: INFO
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NOTIFICATION INDICATOR STATE: OFF

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Expression 'alsa_snd_config_update()' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1353
Expression 'BuildDeviceList( alsaHostApi )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 766
2019-07-26 18:13:45.581 [ 1] C PortAudioMicrophoneWrapper:Failed to initialize PortAudio:errorCode=-9999
2019-07-26 18:13:45.581 [ 1] C PortAudioMicrophoneWrapper:Failed to initialize PortAudioMicrophoneWrapper
2019-07-26 18:13:45.581 [ 1] C SampleApplication:Failed to create PortAudioMicrophoneWrapper!
2019-07-26 18:13:46.327 [ 1] C SampleApplication:Failed to initialize SampleApplication
2019-07-26 18:13:46.408 [ 2] E HttpPost:doPostFailed:reason=curl_easy_performFailed,result=35,error=SSL connect error
2019-07-26 18:13:46.410 [ 2] E CBLAuthDelegate:parseLWAResponseFailed:reason=parseJsonFailed,position=0,error=The document is empty.
Failed to create to SampleApplication!

And i think it is related to the microphone or the sound.

Output of .asoudrc

pcm.!default {
type hw
card -1
device 0
}
}

Output of asound.conf

pcm.!default {
type hw
card -1
device 0
}
}

[Vaibhav]

I tried installing portaudio but nothing helped.

[HomeLuch]

Hi,
After looking for so long today, I was able to resolve this issue in my device by modifying Startsample.sh.
Added env PA_ALSA_PLUGHW=1 in front of the ./SampleApp.
thus,
env PA_ALSA_PLUGHW=1 ./SampleApp "/home/pi/Assistants-Pi/Alexa/build/Integration/AlexaClientSDKConfig.json" "/home/pi/Assistants-Pi/Alexa/third-party/alexa-rpi/models" INFO

Found it here:
https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk/issues/1413