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From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: No sound in games using sdl-mixer
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:37:39 +0300
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=E5=AE=8B=E6=96=87=E6=AD=A6 (2015-10-03 06:33 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hello, I have tried several games that use sdl-mixer (wesnoth, pingus,
>> gnujump, extremetuxracer) and I didn't get any sound from them.  Does
>> anyone have this issue?
>>
>> My audio system is OK, I can play various formats using "aplay", "mpv",
>> etc., I just don't have sound in those games.
>>
>> It's just my guess that "sdl-mixer" is the problem, actually I'm
>> absolutely clueless how to debug it.
> I have no issue with sound on GuixSD.
>
> You can launch those games with 'SDL_AUDIODRIVER',
> set to 'alsa' or 'pulse'.
>
> Hope it helps.

Wow!  This is it, thank you very much!!  Now I'm happy :-)

(I'm also on GuixSD) So I didn't get it: do you also use SDL_AUDIODRIVER
or does it just work for you?

If "no sound" is the default, I think we should probably do something
about it.

--=20
Alex