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Ertial · 10-06-2009, 07:07 PM

The sound is horrible and has already been ugly for a while now, but since the latest update the game hangs at the splash and it takes a while for it to continue. It seems this is caused by a sound problem, since the NGD tune is played in a few seconds when the game picks up again and the following lines are printed to the console:
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)

Could it be that it has something to do with PulseAudio or the fact that OpenAL isn't a very well maintained standard?

I'm running the amd64 version of Ubuntu Karmic beta on a computer with an Nvidia chipset and onboard Nvidia HDA sound card.

Southern_Filly · 10-06-2009, 11:04 PM

I have experienced similar problems since the last update..... today i had a sharp static sound, lagged, the window went white, i thought i crashed but then was back in game only with no sound and the lag was worse. I relogged and it happened again a few minutes later. Do i need to try to uninstall and reinstall?

kamax · 10-08-2009, 09:25 PM

Pulseaudio sucks, specially in the latest versions. I have tested a lot of version and the best thing to do is to don't use it. Alsa works pretty good.

Mikan · 10-09-2009, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ertial

Could it be that it has something to do with PulseAudio or the fact that OpenAL isn't a very well maintained standard?

Almost all distributions come standard with OpenAL Soft now, not the old, unmaintained and horribly broken libopenal that was made by Creative. Modern OpenAL support in Linux is very good.

PulseAudio is crap. Get rid of it.

Regards.

Recoil · 10-10-2009, 11:29 AM

My sound died after xorg-server update to 1.6.3. For the record no other application has broken sound fater update, only regnum. So now im officialy deaf.

Cuchulainn · 10-13-2009, 08:38 PM

I had sound problems on Arch Linux after updating OpenAL and lib32-OpenAL to version 1.9.563. With downgrading to version 1.8.466 the sound works again.

My favorite sound system on Linux is OSSv4. Better than ALSA for me.

Blastermaster77 · 11-05-2009, 12:59 PM

Ok people what I did was this:

In the terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/openal/alsoft.conf

change the divice line form Alasa backend stuff to this:

## ALSA backend stuff
##
[alsa]

## device:
# Sets the device name for the default playback device.
device = alsa

remember to un coment it.

Hope this helps.

Gourmandine · 11-07-2009, 03:52 PM

Deleted my message as it was not a solution for this particular problem. Realized it when this one happened to me too after upgrading to karmic. Blastermaster77 solution works but i can no more listen to music with audio player (amarok or audacious) while playing regnum now.

shayologo28 · 11-07-2009, 05:01 PM

I have no sound on regnum

kamax · 11-07-2009, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gourmandine

Deleted my message as it was not a solution for this particular problem. Realized it when this one happened to me too after upgrading to karmic. Blastermaster77 solution works but i can no more listen to music with audio player (amarok or audacious) while playing regnum now.

just kill pulseaudio and use alsa in regnum and your music player, it should works

"pulseaudio -k" if i remember well to kill it

10-06-2009, 07:07 PM	#1
Ertial Master Join Date: May 2007 Location: Friesland, the Netherlands Posts: 298	Horrible soundt The sound is horrible and has already been ugly for a while now, but since the latest update the game hangs at the splash and it takes a while for it to continue. It seems this is caused by a sound problem, since the NGD tune is played in a few seconds when the game picks up again and the following lines are printed to the console: bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111) Could it be that it has something to do with PulseAudio or the fact that OpenAL isn't a very well maintained standard? I'm running the amd64 version of Ubuntu Karmic beta on a computer with an Nvidia chipset and onboard Nvidia HDA sound card. __________________ Ubuntu, Linux for human beings hunter Ertial Rye Inquisition!

10-06-2009, 11:04 PM	#2
Southern_Filly Pledge Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Carolina, USA Posts: 43	I have experienced similar problems since the last update..... today i had a sharp static sound, lagged, the window went white, i thought i crashed but then was back in game only with no sound and the lag was worse. I relogged and it happened again a few minutes later. Do i need to try to uninstall and reinstall? __________________ Treasure lvl 60 barb ignis, Desert Destiny lvl 50 marksman, Troublez lvl 47 hunter

11-05-2009, 12:59 PM	#7
Blastermaster77 Pledge Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 8	Heres my fix to audio problem Ok people what I did was this: In the terminal: sudo gedit /etc/openal/alsoft.conf change the divice line form Alasa backend stuff to this: ## ALSA backend stuff ## [alsa] ## device: # Sets the device name for the default playback device. device = alsa remember to un coment it. Hope this helps.

10-08-2009, 09:25 PM	#3
kamax Master Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: france Posts: 397	Pulseaudio sucks, specially in the latest versions. I have tested a lot of version and the best thing to do is to don't use it. Alsa works pretty good.

10-10-2009, 11:29 AM	#5
Recoil Master Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 335	My sound died after xorg-server update to 1.6.3. For the record no other application has broken sound fater update, only regnum. So now im officialy deaf.

10-13-2009, 08:38 PM	#6
Cuchulainn Master Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 303	I had sound problems on Arch Linux after updating OpenAL and lib32-OpenAL to version 1.9.563. With downgrading to version 1.8.466 the sound works again. My favorite sound system on Linux is OSSv4. Better than ALSA for me.

11-07-2009, 03:52 PM	#8
Gourmandine Apprentice Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 66	Deleted my message as it was not a solution for this particular problem. Realized it when this one happened to me too after upgrading to karmic. Blastermaster77 solution works but i can no more listen to music with audio player (amarok or audacious) while playing regnum now.

11-07-2009, 05:01 PM	#9
shayologo28 Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 99	I have no sound on regnum