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kleofas

Member

Registered: 2009-11-22

Posts: 21

No sound in Uplink (x86_64)

Hi,

I've installed Uplink from aur (uplink package) and it was patched to 1.55. When I run it I don't have any sound at all. I tried to install it manualy, but when I try to run the original version I get a black screen and normal music (I believe I can click something, but I can't see what). I'm a bit confused. The debug.log says:

===============================================
NEW GAME     1:54, 29/10/2010
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Version : 1.55
RELEASE
Linux Build
Version 1.55 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Mar 19 2007 at 13:34:53
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)
Loading uplink options from /home/kleofas/.uplink/options...success

Successfully loaded data archive data.dat
Successfully loaded data archive graphics.dat
Successfully loaded data archive loading.dat
Successfully loaded data archive sounds.dat
Successfully loaded data archive music.dat
Successfully loaded data archive fonts.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch2.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch3.dat
Saving uplink options to /home/kleofas/.uplink/options...success
Saving uplink options to /home/kleofas/.uplink/options...success
Compiled with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
Running with SDL_mixer version: 1.2.7
Mix_OpenAudio error: No available audio device
Saving uplink options to /home/kleofas/.uplink/options...success

"Mix_OpenAudio error: No available audio device" - this looks interesting, AFAIR Uplink uses SDL. I have sound in other SDL apps. I've tried export SDL_AUDIODRIVER="esd" and "oss" or turn off pulseaudio, no luck.

I use 64-bit, my sound is OSS and PulseAudio.

I tried to use windows version with wine, but I also have no sound when using the 1.54 or 1.55 patch. What is weird is that the version without a patch has normal sound with wine.

Can anybody give me a clue where should I begin? I tried to find anything (this is why I got so far - it involved installing a lot of new libraries in my system), but unfortunately no solution to my problem.

Last edited by kleofas (2010-10-29 00:09:53)

diw

Member

Registered: 2010-11-27

Posts: 1

Re: No sound in Uplink (x86_64)

In case you haven't seen this.  Have a look at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109121
Plus don't forget you'll need the 32bit version of the packages when they come out.

heftig

Developer

From: Germany

Registered: 2010-04-19

Posts: 159

Re: No sound in Uplink (x86_64)

You need lib32-libpulse and lib32-alsa-plugins.