joequake (no sound on linux)

[slash104]

Joequake's sound doesn't work on my machine for some reason. I'm running ubuntu 7.04 (fiesty fawn). My sound card is a POS soundblaster audigy se. the kernel's drivers work for everything else (I've been playing Quake 4 alot), and the computer properly recognizes the card, so it's definitely the game itself. If someone knows a console command or a terminal extension (I can't seem to find any) that might help please post it!

[Canadian*Sniper]

You're best looking into the ubuntu forums for the answer. I remember getting a lot of quake linux answers in that forum. Sound included. It was some big ass ECHO command me thinks.

[slash104]

thanks

[Canadian*Sniper]

I can't seem the find that echo command I was talking about. Maybe it was for another application but also worked for quake sorry bro.

[slash104]

no prob. thanx for trying. everybody else, i still haven't figured it out so help if you can.

[rudl]

Try this:
Go to console as admin and type:

echo "joequake-gl.glx 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

[Canadian*Sniper]

That's the echo command! gj rudl

edit:

if it works, you'll have to put that line into your OS startup script someplace. Otherwise you'll have to run that line every time you start up your linux and play quake.

[slash104]

thanks dude that totally worked!

[Canadian*Sniper]

ah gah I found where I originally saw the echo command. It was in the rune central forums -.- Magnesium was helping me out at the time.

Try typing this in a console as root:
echo "pq3.5-quake.x11 0 0 direct" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

I think you will need to do this every time you reboot the computer. Might be able to put this in a script later if it works.

Put that line in this file and it should be automatic.
/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh

http://forums.runecentral.com/viewtopic.php?t=970

[slash104]

thanks for all the help. quake is way more fun with sound!