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[FIX] [Linux] No sound at all

Discussion in 'General Help' started by 9238, Jun 2, 2011.

  1. 9238

    9238 Guest

    Hi all,

    I get no sound whatsoever when playing build 45 under linux. I searched the web and there was a result which said something about the soundfiles not being found. Those files exist under Base/Sounds and should be readily accessible. There is no error concerning the soundsystem in the terminal, nor in Logs/{app,system}.txt.

    Is there any additional information I can provide to make solving this easier?
     
  2. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    Same problem, on newest Ubuntu and Gentoo as well. What do you mean by:
    Any Linux player here that can confirm audio is working for him (what distribution?)?
     
  3. 9238

    9238 Guest

  4. MM

    MM THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Please post the content of KAG/Logs/consoleXXXX.txt here.
     
  5. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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  6. 9238

    9238 Guest

    This log is from build 49.

    Code:
    [0] Unsupported texture format
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/arrow_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/title.png
    [0] Game version 49
    [0] Variable sv_maxhack_warnings has NULL type
    [0] Variable auth_key has NULL type
    [0]  Precaching files...
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/archer_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/builder_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/emblem1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/emblem2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/heart.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/knight_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/materials.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/archer1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/archer2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/arrow.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/bomb.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/bubble.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/builder1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/builder2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/catapult.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/drilltile.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/dust.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/explosion.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/knight1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/knight2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/pixel.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/rocks.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/sacks.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/tent1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/tent2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/Trees/tree1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/world.png
    [0]  ...Precaching files.
    [0] Loading config defines Scripts/defines.cfg
    [0] Creating world from file ''
    [0] *Match Ended*
    [0] 
    ----- RUNNING TESTS -----
    
    [0] 
    ----- TESTS COMPLETE -----
    
    [0] Autostart: doing nothing 
    [0] Config loaded from autostart.gm 
    [193] Established connection to master server
    [196] Master authentication succesful
    [756] Connecting to 58.190.11.188:50301
    [787] *Restarting Map*
    [787] W
    [1013] Connecting to 204.80.93.43:50301
    [1031] *Match Ended*
    [1037] *Match Ended*
    [1046] *Match Started*
    [1661] *Restarting Map*
    
     
  7. MM

    MM THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    I'll add some options to tweak the sound system in the next release.
     
  8. 9238

    9238 Guest

    Thanks, sounds great!

    If you need any further information, just let us know.
     
  9. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    Changing manually the sound system used by KAG to ALSA doesn't help much. Is there any more info we can provide? (you can find me on irc too if you want)
     
  10. 9238

    9238 Guest

    Same here. Both running with ./KAG and 'sh rungame.sh' don't work. Neither with 's_system = 0' nor with 's_system = 4'. Here's a log of build 51 with s_system = 4

    Code:
    [0] Unsupported texture format
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/arrow_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/title.png
    [0] Game version 51
    [0]  Precaching files...
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/archer_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/builder_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/emblem1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/emblem2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/heart.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/knight_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/GUI/materials.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/bubble.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/builder1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/drilltile.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/pixel.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/tent1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/tent2.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/Trees/tree1.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/world.png
    [0]  ...Precaching files.
    [0] Loading config defines Scripts/defines.cfg
    [0] Creating world from file ''
    [0] *Match Ended*
    [0] 
    ----- RUNNING TESTS -----
    
    [0] 
    ----- TESTS COMPLETE -----
    
    [0] Autostart: doing nothing 
    [0] Config loaded from autostart.gm 
    [219] Established connection to master server
    [222] Master authentication succesful
    [250] Connecting to 78.46.112.151:50301
    [257] *Match Ended*
    [260] *Match Ended*
    [273] Created netobject: netid 19 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 20 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 73 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 74 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 156 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 157 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 183 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 184 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 185 name egg
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/sacks.png
    [273] Created netobject: netid 186 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 187 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 188 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 189 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 190 name egg
    [273] Created netobject: netid 196 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 197 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 207 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 208 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 326 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 327 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 338 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 339 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 358 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 359 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 405 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 406 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 407 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 413 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 414 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 507 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 508 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 602 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 603 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 606 name egg
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/catapult.png
    [273] Created netobject: netid 627 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 637 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 702 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 703 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 719 name runner
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/builder2.png
    [273] Created netobject: netid 720 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 721 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 726 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 733 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 734 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 749 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 755 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 756 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 757 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 758 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 759 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 761 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 763 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 764 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 765 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 775 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 776 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 784 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 785 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 787 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 788 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 795 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 798 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 799 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 803 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 810 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 811 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 822 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 823 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 824 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 825 name netcontrols
    [273] Created netobject: netid 827 name runner
    [273] Created netobject: netid 829 name egg
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/heart.png
    [273] Created netobject: netid 830 name player
    [273] Created netobject: netid 831 name netcontrols
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/knight1.png
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/archer2.png
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/knight2.png
    [273] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/archer1.png
    [273] *Match Started*
    [278] Created netobject: netid 832 name runner
    [279] Created netobject: netid 833 name egg
    [279] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/bomb.png
    [287] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/arrow.png
    [400] Loaded texture: /mnt/sda6/$user/spiele/kag/kag_x/Base/Sprites/explosion.png
    [419] Created netobject: netid 834 name egg
    [496] Created netobject: netid 835 name runner
    [507] Created netobject: netid 836 name egg
    [551] Created netobject: netid 837 name runner
    [579] Created netobject: netid 838 name runner
    [827] Created netobject: netid 839 name egg
    [979] Created netobject: netid 840 name runner
    [1099] Created netobject: netid 841 name runner
    [1173] Created netobject: netid 842 name egg
    [1274] Created netobject: netid 843 name runner
    [1464] Created netobject: netid 844 name runner
    [1584] Created netobject: netid 845 name egg
    [1742] Created netobject: netid 846 name runner
    [1807] Created netobject: netid 847 name egg
    [1814] Created netobject: netid 848 name runner
    [1903] Created netobject: netid 849 name egg
    [2004] Created netobject: netid 850 name egg
    [2062] Created netobject: netid 851 name runner
    [2155] Created netobject: netid 852 name runner
    [2788] Created netobject: netid 853 name egg
    [2937] Created netobject: netid 854 name runner
    [3154] Created netobject: netid 855 name runner
    [3340] Created netobject: netid 856 name runner
    [3437] Vote started: K
    [3875] Created netobject: netid 857 name egg
    [3955] Created netobject: netid 858 name egg
    [4027] Created netobject: netid 859 name runner
    [4119] Created netobject: netid 860 name runner
    [4315] Created netobject: netid 861 name egg
    
     
  11. Lartza

    Lartza Guest

    I also can't hear any sounds at all, does it need gstreamer or something like that or does it just not work now? :(
    EDIT: But I think I have gstreamer stuff so just not working :S
     
  12. Shadlington

    Shadlington THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Same problem here

    Code:
    [0] The amount of upper corner pixels and the lower corner pixels is not equal, font file may be corrupted.
    [0] Unsupported texture format
    [0] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/GUI/arrow_cursor.png
    [0] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/GUI/title.png
    [0] Game version 57
    [0]  Precaching files...
    [0]  ...Precaching files.
    [0] Loading config defines Scripts/defines.cfg
    [0] Creating world from file ''
    [0] *Match Ended*
    [0]
    ----- RUNNING TESTS -----
    
    [0]
    ----- TESTS COMPLETE -----
    
    [0] Autostart: doing nothing
    [0] Config loaded from autostart.gm
    [430] Established connection to master server
    [434] Master : authentication succesful
    [734] Connecting to 94.168.44.82:50301
    [744] *Match Ended*
    [744] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/GUI/emblem1.png
    [744] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/GUI/emblem2.png
    [750] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/Sprites/world.png
    [750] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/Sprites/Trees/tree1.png
    [750] *Match Ended*
    [764] Created netobject: netid 753 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 754 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 938 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 939 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 1305 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 1306 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 1990 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 1991 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2489 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2490 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2503 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2504 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2529 name player
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2530 name netcontrols
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2541 name egg
    [764] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/Sprites/tent1.png
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2542 name egg
    [764] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/Sprites/tent2.png
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2543 name egg
    [764] Loaded texture: /home/tom/Documents/kag_x_2/Base/Sprites/sacks.png
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2544 name egg
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2547 name egg
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2548 name egg
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2550 name egg
    [764] Created netobject: netid 2585 name player
     
  13. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    The logs are useless. Only MM can do something with that and other Linux problems, but he lacks time (and I guess adding features is moar fun than fixing Linux bugs... can't blame for that). I'll try if it runs better on CentOS (MM's dev distro), maybe that's some simple lib version problem or anything... not much more I can do.
     
  14. devnull

    devnull Guest

    Same problem here. I am using alsa only, but it isn't work.

    Engine (build: 78 version: 0.85A)
     
  15. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    Sorry to say that but the only way to have sound on Linux is to use Windows version with Wine and it doesn't seem likely that sound will be ever fixed.
     
  16. Mani

    Mani Shipwright

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    To be honest, as long as KAG runs flawlessly on Wine, there isn't much of an issue.
     
  17. devnull

    devnull Guest

    Not linux-way lol
     
  18. sado

    sado Shopkeep Stealer

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    Yeah, the matter of native version is more about "omg this game's dev cares about linux, everything works" than a must-have feature. But what's the point of Linux version if everyone plays Wine one... (maybe not everyone needs sound, but I think it's a necessary feature for serious gameplay)
     
  19. Garciat

    Garciat Bison Rider Global Moderator

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    I still have this issue.
     
  20. MM

    MM THD Team THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Try installing the ALSA library.
    On CentOS I do:

    yum install alsa-lib.i386

    -EDIT-

    Found the error! Linux sound should be back in next release.