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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] dosbox 0.74.3 can't init SDL: No audio device on one
From:       Michael <confabulate () kintzios ! com>
Date:       2023-08-31 20:21:40
Message-ID: 4840380.GXAFRqVoOG () rogueboard
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On Thursday, 31 August 2023 19:51:20 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
>   This is the most frustrating type of problem.  On one machine I can
> run dosbox fine.  On a second machine...
> 
> [waltdnes][~] /usr/bin/dosbox
> DOSBox version 0.74-3
> Copyright 2002-2019 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL.
> ---
> Exit to error: Can't init SDL No available audio device
> 
>   The regular user (waltdnes) is a member of the audio group on both
> machines.  The files in ~/.dosbox are identical, and "emerge -pv dosbox"
> spits out identical output.  The directory /dev/snd is identical on both
> machines.  Any ideas?

Do both machines have alsa built the same way and working?

Does it work without error if you specify it on the CLI?

SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa /usr/bin/dosbox
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