[quake3] OpenAL doesn't work in the latest build of Quake 3

[fatty]

Richard Bromley wrote:
> OpenAL doesn't work for me in the latest build of Quake 3 (1.33 alpha
> 364). SDL sound still works as normal. Here's the relevent console
> output:

Current revision is 372. Do you get the same result with that version?

> Code:
> ------ Initializing Sound ------
> Failed to open OpenAL device.
> Initializing SDL audio driver...
> SDL audio driver is "dsp".
> SDL_AudioSpec:
>   Format:   AUDIO_S16LSB
>   Freq:     22050
>   Samples:  512
>   Channels: 2
> Starting SDL audio callback...
> SDL audio initialized.
> ----- Sound Info -----
>     1 stereo
> 16384 samples
>    16 samplebits
>     1 submission_chunk
> 22050 speed
> 0x8b065c0 dma buffer
> No background file.
> ----------------------
> Sound intialization successful.
> --------------------------------
> 
> 
> I have a number of other games that work with OpenAL, both games that
> have their own openal.so and ones that don't. Just in case it matters,
> here's my .openalrc:
> 
> Code:
> # Contains user settings for OpenAL
> # Goes in ~/.openalrc
> 
> # Use ALSA (also valid: sdl, native)
> (define devices '(alsa))
> 
> # Four speaker surround with ALSA
> (define speaker-num 4)
> (define alsa-out-device "surround40:0,0")
> 
> Is this solely my problem or a bug that can be fixed? Thanks for your reply.
> 

What version of OpenAL do you have installed? Especially if you are 
using ALSA's dmix plugin with OpenAL you should try the latest CVS ( 
http://www.openal.org ).
Don't forget that ALSA uses dmix by default if your soundcard isn't 
capable of hardware audio mixing.

fatty