weird sound

[Tim Angus]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:21:11 +0200 Eugeny wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 05:19:57PM +0000, Tim Angus wrote:
> > > Any ideas why is that and how to fix?
> > I assume you're using OpenAL and baseq3 (no mods). Perhaps your
> > OpenAL installation is not properly functional. Try running with
> > "+set s_useOpenAL 0" on the command line.
> 
> well, i tried this - still no luck, sound crepitates and it is not
> possible at all to play game with sound turned on...

I'm not sure what else to suggest based on the scant information you
have provided. What OS/arch is this? Condumps of initialisation using
Open AL and not might be useful.