[karmic] skipping audio when using libsdl1.2debian-alsa

[Asif Youssuff]

Binary package hint: frozen-bubble

After opening frozen bubble, the music and sounds in the game skip repeatedly, and never stops.

It is always reproducible.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jun 11 17:04:35 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/games/frozen-bubble
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/perl
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: frozen-bubble 2.2.0-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-8.9-generic
SourcePackage: frozen-bubble
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic i686

[Asif Youssuff (yoasif)]

Followed a suggestion from ubuntuforums and installed libsdl1.2debian-all.

Sadly, it did not resolve the issue. Installing that package removed the libsdl1.2debian-alsa package.

apt-cache policy libsdl1.2debian-all
libsdl1.2debian-all:
  Installed: 1.2.13-4ubuntu3

After reinstalling libsdl1.2debian-alsa, the version installed is:

apt-cache policy libsdl1.2debian-alsa
libsdl1.2debian-alsa:
  Installed: 1.2.13-4ubuntu3

Neither of these versions resolves the issue.

[Asif Youssuff (yoasif)]

Installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fixes the issue for me.

apt-cache policy libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio
libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio:
  Installed: 1.2.13-4ubuntu3
  Candidate: 1.2.13-4ubuntu3

Obviously this removes libsdl1.2debian-alsa -- is this a bug in that package?

[zenarcher (zenarcher-opensuse)]

Installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fixed the issue for me, as well.

[Durand D'souza (durand1)]

Yay, works great! Thanks!

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

Confirmed fixed for me also.

[Asif Youssuff (yoasif)]

Is the bug fixed, or did my workaround fix the issue for you?

[Durand D'souza (durand1)]

Uh, the bug is still present, your workaround did the trick.

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

Sorry about the confusion and the me-too, but the bug is NOT fixed. They workaround is working for me.

[tekstr1der (tekstr1der)]

With the Karmic release now imminent, I decided to go back to the default package, libsdl1.2debian-alsa.

sdlmame exhibits the same symptoms of skipping or garbled sound previously mentioned in this bug. This is followed by the sound being lost entirely, followed by sdlmame hanging. Reverting to the non-default package libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fixes all these issues.

Why is this working package not the default in Karmic?

Why is the broken package the default in Karmic?

If the broken default package remains, why is it not being fixed?

[trevordick (rtd)]

also confirmed. Installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fixed the problem for me as well.

[Everthon Valadão (valadao)]

EVERY game that use SDL had no sound at all... BUT, installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fix this issue!

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio

+1 confirmed fix

[studentz (studenz)]

Kdenlive have the same problem Installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio fixed this problem

[kristoffer tjemsland (kristjem)]

My problem was that i had sound when playing music and video etc, but not when playing games. Using libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio instead did it for me, in ubuntu 9.10. thanks!

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 485488, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.