Francesco Poli wrote:
> > Which libsdl1.2debian variant are you using? Are you possibly
> > using -oss?
>
> You guessed! :-o
>
> $ aptitude search libsdl1.2debian
> i libsdl1.2debian - Simple DirectMedia Layer
> p libsdl1.2debian-all - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with all
> p libsdl1.2debian-alsa - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11
> p libsdl1.2debian-arts - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11
> p libsdl1.2debian-esd - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11
> p libsdl1.2debian-nas - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11
> i libsdl1.2debian-oss - Simple DirectMedia Layer (with X11
FWIW, I've gotten a confirmation off the BTS from someone with the same
problem, who confirmed that it worked for him after having switched to
-alsa.
> > If so, could you please try it with -alsa or -all?
>
> Mmmmh, if you mean trying to *use* alsa sound drivers, I'm afraid that
> this would imply switching from Linux 2.4.x to 2.6.x (or patch the
> 2.4.31 I'm currently using).
> Am I correct?
Yes, I guess there were some 2.4 backports, but mainline support has been
added to 2.6 only.
> If you mean simply issuing 'aptitude install libsdl1.2debian-all' as
> root (thus removing the conflicting libsdl1.2debian-oss), it would be an
> easy test, I would say (are there any side-effects, assuming I do not
> touch the kernel?)
-all still includes OSS support, but you could try whether it applies to
sound systems like arts and esd as well. (they are selectable through
exporting the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment variable).
Cheers,
Moritz
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