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0003200Dwarf FortressTechnical -- Soundpublic2010-09-10 19:352015-01-07 11:51
ReporterKaphonaits 
Assigned Tolethosor 
PriorityurgentSeveritymajorReproducibilityalways
StatusacknowledgedResolutionopen 
PlatformComputerOSUbuntu LinuxOS VersionUbuntu 10.04
Product Version0.31.12 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0003200: OpenAL Sound Problem
DescriptionWhenever I boot up Dwarf Fortress, I receive an error: "Dynamically loading the OpenAL library failed, disabling sound."
Steps To ReproduceOpen Dwarf Fortress
Additional InformationI haven't tampered with the game in any way, shape, or form.
Tagslinux, sound
Relationships
has duplicate 0006501resolved Footkerchief No Sound; possibly an OpenAL Symlink issue 
has duplicate 0011050resolved Loci No sound whatsoever. 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-09-10 19:35KaphonaitsNew Issue
2010-09-10 19:53Logical2uNote Added: 0012572
2010-09-10 19:58KaphonaitsNote Added: 0012573
2010-09-10 20:00KaphonaitsNote Edited: 0012573bug_revision_view_page.php?bugnote_id=0012573#r4886
2010-09-11 07:38Logical2uIssue Monitored: Baughn
2010-09-11 07:38Logical2uNote Added: 0012580
2010-09-11 08:09BaughnNote Added: 0012581
2010-09-11 17:50SupermathieNote Added: 0012589
2010-09-11 17:50SupermathieIssue Monitored: Supermathie
2010-09-16 11:35akdNote Added: 0012717
2010-11-12 20:40Khym ChanurNote Added: 0013742
2010-11-12 20:40Khym ChanurTag Attached: linux
2010-11-12 20:40Khym ChanurTag Attached: sound
2010-11-12 20:40Khym ChanurIssue Monitored: Khym Chanur
2012-02-18 14:51UberNubeIssue Monitored: UberNube
2014-06-10 08:28FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0006501
2014-07-08 05:12leoboikoNote Added: 0025002
2014-07-08 07:05graniteNote Added: 0025025
2014-07-08 08:51KuxeNote Added: 0025044
2014-12-29 07:15lethosorAssigned To => lethosor
2014-12-29 07:15lethosorStatusnew => acknowledged
2014-12-29 07:17lethosorIssue Monitored: Toady One
2014-12-29 07:17lethosorNote Added: 0031554
2015-01-07 11:24Toady OneNote Added: 0031755
2015-01-07 11:51DetrosNote Added: 0031757
2015-01-07 11:51DetrosIssue Monitored: Detros
2019-03-03 14:36LociRelationship addedhas duplicate 0011050

Notes
(0012572)
Logical2u   
2010-09-10 19:53   
Are you sure you are playing in version 31.12? This was fixed in 31.11.
(0012573)
Kaphonaits   
2010-09-10 19:58   
(edited on: 2010-09-10 20:00)
Yes, I am 100% sure. It is 31.12

It was not fixed apparently. :(
(0012580)
Logical2u   
2010-09-11 07:38   
Reminder sent to: Baughn

Hey Baughn, mind taking a look at this? It sounds like a repeat of 0002616.
(0012581)
Baughn   
2010-09-11 08:09   
Do you have a 32-bit libopenal installed anywhere? If so, where?
(0012589)
Supermathie   
2010-09-11 17:50   
I get the same on openSuSE 11.3 32-bit:

$ rpm -qa libopenal\*
libopenal1-soft-1.12.854-1.11.i586
libopenal0-soft-1.12.854-7.1.i586

$ rpm -qal libopenal\*
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1.12.854
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0
(0012717)
akd   
2010-09-16 11:35   
Same problem, openSUSE 11.3 64-bit, I don't remember what exact version it broke in (possibly was never working on the official Linux release) but I can confirm for 0.31.12 and 0.31.13.

$ rpm -qa libopenal\*
libopenal1-soft-32bit-1.12.854-1.11.x86_64
libopenal0-soft-1.12.854-1.11.x86_64
libopenal0-soft-32bit-1.12.854-1.11.x86_64
libopenal1-soft-1.12.854-1.11.x86_64

$ rpm -qal libopenal\*
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1.12.854
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.0
/usr/lib/libopenal.so.0
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1
/usr/lib64/libopenal.so.1.12.854
(0013742)
Khym Chanur   
2010-11-12 20:40   
The problem seems to be that DF will only accept the file named libsndfile.so, not libsndfile.so.1 or libsndfile.so.0.21. If you make libsndfile.so a symbolic link to an existing file, then run ldconfig, it fixes the problem. Same applies for libopenal
(0025002)
leoboiko   
2014-07-08 05:12   
Confirming this bug is still open in 0.40.01. Khym Chanur's workaround works; here's the relevant commands for Debian wheezy:

    sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so
    sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libopenal.so.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libopenal.so
    sudo ldconfig
(0025025)
granite   
2014-07-08 07:05   
Mint 15 (based on Ubuntu 13.04) 32 bit here, and I solved this with the command below, which should install 3 things from Ubuntu's repo

$ sudo apt-get install libopenal*
(0025044)
Kuxe   
2014-07-08 08:51   
Confirming Khym Chanur's resolution, as leoboiko instructed, on Mint 17 x64. Prior to this I installed devpackages for openal and snd, tested granite's solution without success, created symlinks in /usr/lib32. None of these solved it, but in combination with Khym Chanur it did work.
(0031554)
lethosor   
2014-12-29 07:17   
Reminder sent to: Toady One

It seems that a patch from https://github.com/Baughn/Dwarf-Fortress--libgraphics-/pull/37/files [^] never made it into DF's libgraphics.
(0031755)
Toady One   
2015-01-07 11:24   
The patch doesn't seem to work for my Ubuntu, but perhaps it will for somebody else.
(0031757)
Detros   
2015-01-07 11:51   
I can add to this, I had to add "libsdl-ttf2.0-0" to Ubuntu 14.04 32b for DF 40.20 to work and "libopenal-dev" to get rid of this OpenAL problem and enable game music. No name problems occurred.