Brian Keener wrote > > >> I checked - cygwin does have an mmsystem.h file (part of the Win32api) > and > >> it > >> is included in the alc_backend source. My knowledge beyond this is > pretty > >> limited. > >> > >> Wish I knew more about MMSYSTEM backend but alas. > >> > >> bk > >> > > > > Yes, I'd worked that all out for myself, but my experience was as yours > - > > OpenAL compiles but Alut doesn't. (That's the short version :-)). Thanks > for > > all that feedback. Are they going to fix it? Otherwise we lose our > > multiplatform ethos. > > > > Meanwhile, we can still use the earlier, pre-cooked, OpenAl stuff, or > use > > MCVS8 ( which compiled a while ago, and I'm not going to update and > break > > it). > > > > Thanks again > > > > V. > > Previously around May 9 2006 we had a discussion on the list regarding > compiling OpenAL and Simgear and Flightgear in the Cygwin environment and > we > had determined that the OpenAL version available from openal.org had a > windows > backend problem which seemed to be why the Compile Instructions were > written to > use the precompiled version of Openal someone had prepared. I was > attempting > to compile myself based on several comments from Vivian and others on the > list > to eliminate and Openal error I was seeing in Flightgear at startup. > > Vivian had been helpful and advised he had actually been able to compile > it > himself once but now was unable to. He also wanted to know if the OpenAL > group > intended to fix the problem and also requested I keep the list advised. > > I have gotton OpenAL to compile on Cygwin and I have tested it with the > ESD > sound daemon and Windows native backend in Cygwin and it seems to work. I > have > also attempted to give these changes to the Openal Group but while they > were > helpful working on it they don't seem to eager for the changes so this is > just > to let Vivian know I have gotten it to work in case he wants the changes > and > the instructions I used to get it to work. Also to clarify as he and I > never > really disussed it my config is unsing the Cygwin dll and not using the > Mingw > version by using the no-cygwin option. >
That's all very useful, thank you for keeping us all in the picture. I was using the Cygwin dll, and not MinGW. Perhaps you could post the instructions etc. and if we can check it all, then we can add it to the docs, at least until (if ever) the OpenAL team get their ducks in a row. Vivian Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
