[PD] Pd-Extended-0.38.4 devices-audio settings

[Charles Henry]

Hi, list,
  I have had trouble with pd-extended-0.38.4 lately.  I once had it
installed, and it worked fine.  Then, I upgraded to 0.39, and later I
decided to go back to 0.38.  Since that time, I have had trouble
recognizing ALSA devices from the audio settings menu.  Instead, I see
input device #1, #2, #3 instead of the specific names and 0 channels
for input and output.  Upon changing 0 channels to 2 channels, there
is an unknown audio API error.
  I just don't get it.  Does anybody have an idea what is going wrong here?
Chuck