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I was unable to get sound on Ubuntu 8.04.
I had installed the Ubuntu uqm packages and downloaded and unpacked the -voice and -3domusic .uqm files and unpacked them in the content tree.
Sound is working (Rythmbox, flash player, etc.) but I had two problems with uqm
First, with my default Ubuntu install, I got the following error that prevented the game from even starting unless sound was disabled (--sound=none)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Hacking on ALSA/Pulseaudio, (setting Pulse as the default in .asoundrc) could make the error go away and the game would start, but still no sound. And upon exit, the game would hang. So I assume that the sound thread is blocking someplace...
In searching further, I found this:
http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/PerfectSetup
which mentions that SDL 1.2.12 has direct support for PulseAudio, but a default install doesn't include the pulse support, rather it selects only alsa in the form of package "libsdl1.2debian-alsa"
So I replaced it with "libsdl1.2debian-all" and then launch uqm with "export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulse"
Tada!! Sound, and quiting the game exits immediately.
FYI
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