Bart Verwilst a.k.a Bort :: Blog » pulseaudio http://blog.verwilst.be Linux, Open Source. That's pretty much it. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:13:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Ubuntu Hardy and sound in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars http://blog.verwilst.be/2008/04/14/ubuntu-hardy-and-sound-in-enemy-territory-quake-wars/ http://blog.verwilst.be/2008/04/14/ubuntu-hardy-and-sound-in-enemy-territory-quake-wars/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:23:53 +0000 Bart Verwilst http://weblog.verwilst.be/?p=56 This weekend i helped someone ( Linux newbie on his brand new Ubuntu 8.04-powered PC ) install ETQW ( Enemy Territory: Quake Wars ). Downloading the bin file and installing it ( during which it copies the needed files from the official ETQW DVD/CD ) was a breeze. When he started the game, everything looked fine, without one flaw: there was no sound.

Ubuntu Hardy ( along with several other new(er) distro’s ) started using PulseAudio to control all audio-related processes on the system. ETQW uses SDL for its sound-needs, but fails to play through pulseaudio. The solution is simple, install the “libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio” package either through Synaptic or with an “apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio”, and your ETQW will be able to play sounds/music again :)

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