libopenal1 not installed correctly No sound at all in ut2k4

[Martin G Miller]

I have just upgraded Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 64 bit. My sound works in general, but not in one of my games, UT2K4. Upon examination, I discovered libopenal1 is not correctly installed. If I look in synaptic it says it is installed. I also tried reinstalling it.

The files that are supposed to be there are:
    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1
    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1.13.0
    /usr/share/doc/libopenal1/changelog.Debian.gz
    /usr/share/doc/libopenal1/copyright
    /usr/share/doc/libopenal1/examples/alsoftrc.sample.gz

However, only the files in /usr/share/doc are actually installed.
The 2 files:
     /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1
    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1.13.0

do not exist on my system.

I attempted to file a bug directly against libopenal1, the command:
ubuntu-bug libopenal1 returns an error that libopenal1 is not installed, even though synaptic says it is.

Is there any way I can just get these 2 files so I can put them where they belong?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: alsa-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: marty 2623 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: marty 2623 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe020000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Nvidia MCP77/78 HDMI'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,10438321,00100101 HDA:10de0002,10de0101,00100000'
   Controls : 44
   Simple ctrls : 23
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x80a'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x80a at usb-0000:00:02.1-6, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:080a'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 6400
   Mono: Capture 5132 [80%] [26.04dB] [on]
Date: Sun May 6 16:36:09 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: alsa-driver
Symptom: audio
Symptom_AlsaPlaybackTest: ALSA playback test through plughw:NVidia successful
Symptom_Card: Portable Webcam C905 - USB Device 0x46d:0x80a
Symptom_DevicesInUse:
 2623 2623 marty F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: marty F.... pulseaudio
Symptom_PulsePlaybackTest: PulseAudio playback test successful
Symptom_Type: No sound at all
Title: [HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia, playback] No sound at all
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: ASUS M3N78 PRO ACPI BIOS Revision 0305
dmi.board.name: M3N78 PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: 1.XX
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSM3N78PROACPIBIOSRevision0305:bd07/18/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM3N78PRO:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

[Martin G Miller (mgmiller)]

I would like to apologize to everyone for wasting your time. I was looking in lib instead of /usr/lib. The files are where they are supposed to be.

To get the sound working in UT 2004:
In 64 bit Precise (12.04) You need to fix the openal.so symlink in ~/ut2004/System
you need to link to the 32 bit version which is now in: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1.1.13.0
So, do: gksudo nautilus to get a root browser and navigate to the libopenal.so.1.1.13.0 file.
Right click it and Make Link.
Move the link to ~/ut2004/System
Rename the link openal.so

Next:
edit ~/.UT2004/system/UT2004.ini

Go to the area:
[ALAudio.ALAudioSubsystem]

and change this:
UseEAX=False
Use3DSound=False
UseDefaultDriver=True
CompatibilityMode=False

To this:
UseEAX=True
Use3DSound=False
UseDefaultDriver=False
CompatibilityMode=False

 Change:
 channels=32

to:
channels=72

Save the file.

Sound should now work