No Sound

[Redbaron]

Hey guys,

I'm kind of new to Nexuiz and so far it seems pretty cool. However I am unable to get sound at any point during the game, this includes game intro screens, menus and in-game play. I've tried checking around but I haven't found anything useful. I'll supply relevant system specs and the terminal output.

Specs:
Open Sound System 4.1
Debian Etch n Half

Terminal Output:

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couldn't exec data/campaign.cfg
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/complete
Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/inter
Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/finale
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
SndSys_Init: using the SDL module
Failed to open the audio device! (No available audio device)
S_Startup: SndSys_Init failed.
Draw_CachePic: failed to load gfx/m_white
g_maplist: Map 'bleach' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'dieselpower' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'bluesky' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'desertfactory' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'ruiner' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'basement' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'basementctf' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'evilspace' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'aneurysm' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'runningman_1on1remix' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'aggressor' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'farewell' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'final_rage' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'ons-reborn' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'stormkeep' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'accident' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'racetrack' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'runningman' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'reslimed' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'downer' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'slimepit' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'silvercity' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'eggandbacon' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'dismal' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'bloodprison' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'warfare' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'toxic' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'runningmanctf' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'bloodprisonctf' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'strength' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'starship' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'skyway' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'darkzone' not found in database - ignored
g_maplist: Map 'soylent' not found in database - ignored
VM_localsound: Failed to play announcer/male/welcome.ogg for menu !
VM_localsound: Failed to play misc/menu1.wav for menu !
VM_localsound: Failed to play misc/menu1.wav for menu !
VM_localsound: Failed to play misc/menu2.wav for menu !
VM_localsound: Failed to play misc/menu1.wav for menu !
VM_localsound: Failed to play misc/mouseclick.wav for menu !


I left out all the stuff that didn't present an error.

Any help?
Redbaron

[divVerent]

Try:

export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp

before starting Nexuiz.

[Redbaron]

Still not getting any sound

[stoichev]

Hi Redbaron if you have alsa mixer try to change him with kmix in adept .

[Redbaron]

I run OSS not ALSA and Nexuiz doesn't show in my mixer window(ossxmix).

[Ed]

Is there a specific reason why you use OSS rather than ALSA? Does your sound hardware not play well with ALSA? I know there are specific chips which just don't work with ALSA but with OSS using really deprecated modules. This is the only case I would even attempt to use OSS in with a modern kernel although I have previously forgone sound altogether on very old chips that are not supported in ALSA and just don't work well in OSS.

Edit:
There is an ALSA emulation module(?) for OSS, are you running this? I'm also assuming you have no other sound problems. Your sound chipset might be useful to know.

[Redbaron]

I know OSS is deprecated but I've been using it for a while, I was having issues with ALSA so I switched. Not getting sound to work in Nexuiz is the only problem I have so far had with OSS. I'm not sure about the ALSA emulation module for OSS?
Is it possible to bring up my chipset specs via command line? I don't know that exact chipset off-hand.

[esteel]

With OSS usually only one application can have access to the soundcard. So if some sound demon (esd, pulseaudio or similar) is running or some other app (like firefox) is accessing the soundcard Nexuiz can't do sound. Besides maybe it worthwhile to find out why ALSA has problems on your computer and fix those?

Those are the sound related startup options for the engine:
Sound: -nocdaudio disables CD audio support
Sound: -nosound disables sound (including CD audio)
Sound: -novorbis disables ogg vorbis sound support
Sound: -simsound runs sound mixing but with no output
Sound: -sndbits bits chooses 8 bit or 16 bit sound output
Sound: -sndmono sets sound output to mono
Sound: -sndquad sets sound output to 4 channel surround
Sound: -sndspeed hz chooses sound output rate (supported values are 48000, 44100, 32000, 24000, 22050, 16000, 11025 (quake), 8000)
Sound: -sndstereo sets sound output to stereo
Linux ALSA Sound: -sndpcm devicename selects which pcm device to us, default is "default"
Linux Sound: -cddev devicepath chooses which CD drive to use

However the thing posted by divVerent still will only work if no other app is accessing the soundcard at the time.

[divVerent]

Another alternative is compiling the engine from source with the added parameter DP_SOUND_API=OSS. Then nexuiz-glx it will use OSS instead of ALSA.

[Alien]

Use SDL_AUDIODRIVER=oss instead of dsp (which is usually created by alsa for oss emulation)