Bug#672935: zsnes: audio not working on amd64; i386 version works fine in chroot

[reini]

Am Dienstag 15.05.2012, 10:43:35 schrieb Etienne Millon:
> Amd64 support for zsnes is fairly new, so it's not too surprising that
> such bugs arise...
> 
> I uploaded a new version a few days ago, do you confirm that both the
> versions in testing and unstable are affected ?

Yes, I was originally hoping that the package from unstable would help, but 
there has been no difference.

> Also, what about other audio outputs ("-ad alsa" or "-ad oss") : do
> they work ?

There are no other outputs available:
$ zsnes --help
Usage : zsnes [-d,-f #, ... ] <filename.sfc>
   Eg : zsnes -s -r 2 game.sfc

  -1 #/-2 #   Select Player 1/2 Input :
                0 = None       1 = Keyboard/Gamepad
  -ad <>  Select Audio Driver :
                  auto = Automatically select output
                   sdl = Simple DirectMedia Layer output

Somebody in some forum post mentioned a pulse output, but I haven't been able 
to find anything that would provide one.

> > I installed the i386 equivalent in a multiarch (amd64 & i386) chroot;
> > sound works fine when no other application (e.g. vlc, flash, ...) uses
> > audio output.
> 
> What do you mean by "multiarch chroot" ? You should be able to run
> zsnes:amd64 in a "pure" amd64 system, without manually installing i386
> packages.

That is what this report is about. I do, however, have an additional chroot 
set up (originally for running pSX) for both amd64 and i386 (I ran
"sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386" in an amd64 chroot).
In there, I have zsnes:i386 installed, and that zsnes works fine (including 
sound).

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Reinhold Rumberger