FS#38427 - [steam] Missing dependency causes problems on pulse audio systems

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Drew DeVault (SirCmpwn) - Thursday, 09 January 2014, 01:09 GMT
Last edited by Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred) - Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 01:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Multilib
Status Closed
Assigned To Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Some people using pulseaudio have noticed that a lot of games don't have sound. After a lot of wrangling, the solution I found was to install lib32-alsa-plugins. Might be a good idea to have this as a dep, since the solution took a lot of effort to find and the problem seems fairly widespread.
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Closed by  Daniel Wallace (gtmanfred)
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 01:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  added lib32-alsa-plugins as opt depend
Comment by Drew DeVault (SirCmpwn) - Thursday, 09 January 2014, 01:12 GMT
Extra detail:

Discussion on Natural Selection 2 forums that led to this solution: http://forums.unknownworlds.com/discussion/132931/linux-no-sound-with-pulse-on-arch-linux

Discussion on arch forums, led to poor solution: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=172884

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