I have reported the bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openal-soft/+bug/304255
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Luke Yelavich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 12:23:00PM EST, Chandru wrote: > > Ever since I upgraded to Intrepid, I have been facing an issue with the > > sound system, which I have discussed here > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=994172 > > > > As stated there, I have managed to find the solution with help from guys > at > > LQ. Now I'm wondering why this was not the default setting in stock > Ubuntu > > install? Is this an overlooked part of OpenAL - PulseAduio integration? > > Can a bug be raised against this? If yes then against which package > should > > it be raised? OpenAL or PulseAudio? > > Firstly, the bug should be filed against openal-soft, as thats where the > change needs to be made. > > However, there is a problem with making this change. The pulse device for > alsa is only available when the pulseaudio alsa plugin is used to send audio > from alsa applications through pulseaudio. > Things are set such that if the pulseaudio sound server is not running, the > pulse device is not available. Without having confirmed it yet myself, I > dare say that the applicatino using openal would > stop working or carsh, if alsa says a device does not exist. > > If the application does crash, then this change cannot be made, because not > all flavours of Ubuntu use pulseaudio, Xubuntu and Kubuntu come to mind > here, and we want to make sure that any uses of > sound on those flavours are not broken. > > If openal is behaving differently when using the default output as opposed > to using a specific output, then there is something wrong with openal's alsa > code, so far as I understand things anyway. > > I will do some testing myself to confirm all of this, and look into taking > appropriate action to fix this for jaunty, and where possible, intrepid. > > If you could file a bug against openal-soft to make sure this is documented > somewhere other than a mailing list, that would be great. > > Thanks. > > Luke > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkk0l7MACgkQjVefwtBjIM6SJwCgmvwJ3MMroHvOy459oI5oUUEu > MNUAoKhI0kKV4TZu0cL7tqb6i/VpQoQw > =j+qG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list > Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss > > -- Chandra Sekar.S Blog: http://tuxychandru.blogspot.com/
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