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fr1tz

Member

From: La Mancha

Registered: 2012-01-09

Posts: 7

Wolfenstein Enemy Territory sound issues

I've installed the latest version + patch of W:ET from the AUR (running 64 bit archlinux). Out of the box the sound was not working. A solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-40795.html worked. Specifcally:

$ sudo modprobe snd_seq_oss
$ sudo modprobe snd_mixer_oss
$ sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss

And then this:

# echo "et.x86 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

However this seems to be only a 'half-solution' as after this the sound in W:ET works fine but I cannot produce audio simultaneously from any other application. I am required to close W:ET to use sound for anything else.
I also have et-sdl-sound installed from the AUR.

This is the relevant error from ET:

"------- sound initialization -------
/dev/dsp: No such file or directory
Could not open /dev/dsp
------------------------------------"

I have the following audio packages installed:

alsa-lib
alsa-oss
alsa-plugins
pulseaudio-alsa
lib32-alsa-lib
lib32-alsa-oss
lib32-alsa-plugins
libpulse
pulseaudio
pulseaudio-alsa
lib32-libpulse

Any suggestions? Apologies in advance for my lack of knowledge and experience in this area.

victhetailor

Member

Registered: 2012-03-30

Posts: 10

Re: Wolfenstein Enemy Territory sound issues

Its been like that for a while. punkbuster doesnt seem to like this workaround though, some servers will kick you.