Re: [Bug-freedink] Potential bug in FreeDink

[Sylvain Beucler]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 03:54:56PM +0100, Andreas Berg wrote:
> Sylvain Beucler wrote:
>> About the crackling sound, it looks like FreeDink isn't the only game
>> that has this kind of troubles:
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sdl-mixer1.2/+bug/66483
>> http://www.clan-elite.info/forum.asp?action=view_thread&id=898
>> http://www.nevercorner.net/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=9456
>>
>> I tried increasing the audio buffer size in FreeDink but that didn't
>> help :/
>>
>> Maybe you can have a look at the work-arounds from those links (adding
>> parameters to the audio modules, trying other SDL_AUDIODRIVER
>> backends, etc.)?
>>
>>   
>
> Howdy. I tried one of the other games that was listed as having problems  
> (Neverball - a 20MB game that was inspired by a game that for the Amiga  
> came on a single 880KB floppy) and got the same problem there, so it  
> apparantly, as you said, isn't a freedink issue. I think I'll just live  
> with it for the time being since a)it's not that big a bother b)there is  
> a huge list of suggested workarounds, with no guarantee that it will  
> solve the issue and c)I plan to get a new box anyway and switch to AMD64  
> linux (so I can use all memory) which, in combination with the new mobo  
> having a different sound chip will hopefully fix it. Actually, there is  
> also d)they might fix the bug eventually!
> I rummaged through my various piles of hardware and the only PCI sound  
> card I found just had to be one that doesn't work with Linux.

OK. For reference, the work-around I used for my card was:

  sudo modprobe snd_pcm_oss
  esd&
  SDL_AUDIODRIVER=esd freedink ...


By the way, I'm currently involved in a clean-up of the DinkC
interpreter, which among other things attempt to fix all the crashes
you experienced when the D-Mods are using invalid sprite numbers.

Expect a new snapshot soon :)

-- 
Sylvain