Thunder&Lightning doesn't start (Linux) |
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Written by Jonas Eschenburg | |
Friday, 13 July 2007 | |
If Thunder&Lightning crashes shortly after being started, it's a good idea to have a look at the log file it creates. less /tmp/stdout.txt If you see the line Initializing SoundMan... OpenAL (ALC) Error 40961: ALC_INVALID_DEVICE then probably OpenAL doesn't have the configuration file it needs. This is due to TnL 070710 coming with OpenAL linked in but without a configuration file. Please enter the following commands on the shell: echo "(define devices '(alsa))" > ~/.openalrc If this doesn't helpIf you're still getting problems, there might be something wrong with the ALSA driver of your sound card. Type echo "(define devices '(oss))" > ~/.openalrc to configure the OpenAL sound library to use its OSS driver instead. If that still doesn't work, you can disable sound altogether with: echo "(define devices '(null))" > ~/.openalrc These changes will affect every game or program using OpenAL. To reverse them, delete the file .openalrc in your home folder: rm ~/.openalrc |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 24 August 2007 ) |