Sound suddenly quits in Spring...

[TheThinker]

Hey everyone. My brother's 64bit version of Spring works fine except for the fact that after ten seconds of play or so the sound suddenly quits (although the game still plays). He's running a Compaq Athlon64 computer with Ubuntu Hardy 64bit.

The strange thing is that we've tinkered with the system's sound settings, and even with the Springsettings, to no avail while my computer (with a 32bit version of Ubuntu), plays perfectly well. I'm sure we're both running the May 2008 Spring Version (or somewhere in May I think), so is this just a bug in the 64bit version Spring? Is there any way of getting the sound to work? Thanks for the help.

[AF]

one of the function keys is a toggle turning sound on and off, I've forgotten which one it is, but perhaps that has an effect? f8 it might be

[TheThinker]

Thanks AF. I'll pass the word.

[TheThinker]

No dice. The button is F6, by the way, and the Sound was already enabled. It turns out that my brother is "lucky" if he has sound for at least ten seconds in the game; for the most part there is no sound at all. Any other suggestions?

So far, he switched from Open Sound System to ALSA and still nothing.

[TheThinker]

Okay, here's his infolog for the last game/test:

Using script /home/stephen/.springlobby/script.txt
Using read-write data directory: /home/stephen/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /home/stephen/.spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/share/games/spring/
Using read-only data directory: /usr/lib/spring/
SDL: 1.2.12
GL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.12
GL: NVIDIA Corporation
GL: GeForce 6150/PCI/SSE2
GLEW: 1.5.0
Using script Commanders
Map: Vista-Plains-V1.smf
Mod: "Maximum Annihilation V1.1" from MA11.sd7
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mod checksum /home/stephen/.spring/base/tatextures_v062.sdz: 716041504/716041504
Became player 0
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Client connected on slot 0
Connecting to server .
OpenAL: 1.1
OpenAL: ALC_EXT_capture AL_EXT_capture AL_EXT_vorbis AL_EXT_MP3 AL_LOKI_quadriphonic AL_LOKI_play_position AL_LOKI_WAVE_format AL_LOKI_IMA_ADPCM_format AL_LOKI_buffer_data_callback ALC_LOKI_audio_channel
Loading all definitions: 0.728000
Opening map file
Loading Map
Loading detail textures
Creating overhead texture
Creating ground shading
Loading tile file
Reading tiles
Reading tile map
Creating projectile texture
Number of damage types: 28
Loading weapon definitions

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Loading unit definitions
Inconsistant move data ship 13 Duck HOVER3
Loading feature definitions
Parsing unit icons
Creating unit textures
Initializing map features
Reading estimate path costs
Creating sky
Loading LuaCOB
Loading LuaRules
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LUARULES-MAIN (GADGETS)
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LUARULES-DRAW (GADGETS)
Loading LuaGaia
Finalizing...
Spring 0.76b1
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Reloaded ctrlpanel with: LuaUI/ctrlpanel.txt
LuaUI: bound F11 to the widget selector
LuaUI: bound CTRL+F11 to tweak mode
Hardware is incompatible with Xray shader requirements
Failed to load: cmd_circle.lua (duplicate name)
Hardware is incompatible with Xray shader requirements
Loaded widget: HealthBars <unit_healthbars.lua>
Loaded widget: DGunLimit <gui_limit_dgun.lua>
Loaded widget: BuildETA <gui_build_eta.lua>
Loaded widget: Take Reminderv2.0 <gui_take_remind.lua>
Loaded widget: CircleFormation <cmd_circle.lua>
Loaded widget: Defense Range v3.6 <gui_defenserange.lua>
Loaded widget: Start Point Remover <init_start_point_remover.lua>
Loaded widget: Select n Center! <gui_center_n_select.lua>
Loaded widget: CustomFormations <unit_customformations.lua>
LuaUI v0.2
Player Player joined as 0
GameID: b5f563487b52cd5c47fadc34e10335e5
rts/System/Platform/Linux/SoLib.cpp:43: SoLib::FindAddress: /usr/lib/spring/AI/Bot-libs/TestGlobalAI.so: undefined symbol: IsCInterface
/usr/lib/spring/AI/Bot-libs/TestGlobalAI.so has C++ interface
Initializing Tidal Controls
Done
Initializing Windmill Controls
Done
Speed set to 1.5 [Player]
Speed set to 2.0 [Player]
Speed set to 2.5 [Player]
Speed set to 3.0 [Player]
Commander: Self destruct in 14 s
Commander: Self destruct in 13 s
Commander: Self destruct in 12 s
Commander: Self destruct in 11 s
Commander: Self destruct in 10 s
Commander: Self destruct in 9 s
Commander: Self destruct in 8 s
Commander: Self destruct in 7 s
Commander: Self destruct in 6 s
Commander: Self destruct in 5 s
Commander: Self destruct in 4 s
Commander: Self destruct in 3 s
Commander: Self destruct in 2 s
Commander: Self destruct in 1 s
Team0 (Player) pulled the plug
Game over
<DefenseRange> Spectator mode. Widget removed.
Use Shift+esc to quit
Path cache hits 0 0%
Path cache hits 0 0%

[LordMatt]

Sound works fine for my on Hardy (as long as I haven't restarted xserver without rebooting, that is).

[AF]

Can you use a pastebin fi your going to post large quantities of file output?

http://www.pastebin.com paste it in there and submit then post the url of the pastebin post with your stuff on it

[TheThinker]

Sorry Af. I'll use pastebin next time. I just didn't think a line of text would take up so much memory.

I guess this is the end of the road, isn't it? Nobody seems to know what the source of the problem is.