Installing libsdl1.2debian-oss FINALLY worked for me, but for some weird
reason I had to REBOOT my machine for it to take effect (perhaps a logout
would have sufficed). I also had to set zsnes -ad sdl.


On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Prodigious Penguin <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Alexander,
> sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-oss
> pasuspender -- zsnes -ad auto
> This didn't work for me.  Still no sound  :(
>
> --
> [hardy] soundproblems with zsnes
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188567
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>
> Status in Source Package "libao" in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in Source Package "libsdl1.2" in Ubuntu: Incomplete
> Status in Source Package "zsnes" in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> When I used Gutsy, I switched to pulseaudio by following this guide:
> http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
> Now I'm on a fully updated Hardy Heron.
>
> Before version 1.51 of Zsnes, I couldn't get the sound working with
> pulseaudio.
> Luckily, v.1.51 is in the repositories now. However, about a week ago
> sound disappeared from Zsnes, after a system upgrade.
>
> Here's my console output (I run zsnes with "padsp"):
>
> ---
>
> ~% padsp zsnes
> ZSNES v1.51, (c) 1997-2007, ZSNES Team
> Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.
>
> ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)
> ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,
> and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
> please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.
>
> Use ZSNES -? for command line definitions.
>
> This is a work in progress build. It contains code which
> May or may not be complete
>
> If this is supposed to be an official release, you forgot to
> run configure with --enable-release, go rebuild.
>
> Starting Mouse detection.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event8. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event5. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event7. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event6. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event4. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event3. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event2. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event1. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> Unable to poll /dev/input/event0. Make sure you have read permissions to
> it.
> ManyMouse: 0 mice detected.
> ERROR: ld.so: object 'libpulsedsp.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded:
> ignored.
> Device 0 HID 0583:2030
>  5 axis, 4 buttons, 0 hats, 0 balls
>
> ---
> Notice the line with "libpulsedsp.so".
>
> I also checked with "pavucontrol", but I couldn't see any stream from
> Zsnes there.
>
> If I use "paplay" to play a .wav, I get sound and everything works fine,
> but "speaker-test" does not work:
>
> ~% speaker-test
>
> speaker-test 1.0.15
>
> Playback device is default
> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> Buffer size range from 1 to 2097152
> Period size range from 0 to 206158431
> Using max buffer size 2097152
> Periods = 4
> was set period_size = 0
> was set buffer_size = 2097152
> speaker-test: pcm_params.c:2351: sndrv_pcm_hw_params: Assertion `err >= 0'
> failed.
> zsh: abort (core dumped)  speaker-test
> ~% padsp speaker-test
>
> speaker-test 1.0.15
>
> Playback device is default
> Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
> Using 16 octaves of pink noise
> Rate set to 48000Hz (requested 48000Hz)
> Buffer size range from 1 to 2097152
> Period size range from 0 to 206158431
> Using max buffer size 2097152
> Periods = 4
> was set period_size = 0
> was set buffer_size = 2097152
> speaker-test: pcm_params.c:2351: sndrv_pcm_hw_params: Assertion `err >= 0'
> failed.
> zsh: abort (core dumped)  padsp speaker-test
>
> ---
>
> Here's my alsa-information:
> http://pastebin.ca/889941
>
>
> Any workarounds are appreciated too!
>