Bug#612117: libopenal1: openal does not generate sound by default in osmos demo

[Vincent Povirk]

Package: libopenal1
Version: 1:1.12.854-2
Severity: normal


The game Osmos has a free demo that can be downloaded here:

http://www.hemispheregames.com/osmos/#anchor_demos

I am using the OsmosDemo.bin64 binary from the .tar.gz version.

The game does not play any sound, and it outputs the following when starting:

Initializing SoundSystem...
Initializing OpenAL
Getting OpenAL device list
Found 3 devices:
  Device 0: PulseAudio Software (3: OPENAL DEFAULT)
  Device 1: ALSA Software
  Device 2: PortAudio Software
Pass 1: no valid device was specified (-1)
Pass 2: no valid device was specified (-1)
Pass 3: attempting device 0: "PulseAudio Software"...
Failed to open device
WARNING: Failed to initialize OpenAL

I do not have PulseAudio installed. This the default configuration for
Debian's graphical environment.

The output suggests an issue with my openal configuration, but I have not yet
verified this. If it is the configuration at fault, the default should be
changed to something that works.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libopenal1 depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-10  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

Versions of packages libopenal1 recommends:
ii  libpulse0                    0.9.21-3+b1 PulseAudio client libraries

Versions of packages libopenal1 suggests:
ii  libportaudio2         19+svn20071022-3.2 Portable audio I/O - shared librar

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