No sound with Slackware 9

[Lamont]

So I don't get any sound at all in either the release or the test client. My setup is fairly odd, though... I'm using Slackware 9 with both ALSA and OSS installed, but without ALSA's OSS compatibility module loaded. The sound card I'm trying to get this to work with is a Creative Extigy (with OSS drivers), which ONLY supports a 48kHz sample rate. Other applications work either right away or after specifying 48kHz. There are no ALSA drivers for the Extigy.

I've tried specifying '-oss' on the command line and using an ALSA sound card (snd-intel8x0) with '-alsa'. Neither worked. Looking at the egenesis.bug, there's this susipicious grouping of three lines after all the 'Rendering mode' messages:


Rendering mode superterrain: Line 2217: ARBFP10 not supported by this driver.
eSound: Attempting to force sound to Open Sound System: OK
Could not initialize FMOD: FSOUND error 6


My suspicion is that error 6 means invalid sample rate, since that's what causes most other applications (which usually expect 24kHz) to fail with my sound card. But that doesn't explain why my "regular", ALSA sound card doesn't work.

That's as much analysis as I could manage. Anyone have any insights?

edit: When trying it with ALSA, it reports FSOUND error 3...

[Guido]

Sound and linux are a pig. One of my sound card works and then stops working with every kernel release.

Best bet is to get a new card , sound blaster is the most compatible and they are only a few bucks.

Still you can persevere and play with every conceivable setting, often alsa drivers have sub groups so perhaps a posting on one of their forums (perhaps via sourceforge) might get you some more advice.

Good luck.

[Pluribus]

Is indeed FMOD_ERR_OUTPUT_FORMAT

"Soundcard does not support the features needed for this soundsystem (16 bit stereo)"

That is a direct error from the closed source sound subsystem... Maybe I can do something once I get OpenAL working....

[Lamont]

All right, I got it working by installing ESD and messing with _its_ settings. Thanks for your suggestions!

Also, Pluribus: I cannot express in words how cool you are. Most commercial game developers don't even browse their forums, let alone respond this quickly. :D

[Pluribus]

I am working on the mac port and didnt see it...