DOOM3 w/o sound (AMD64)

[klockren]

When I start DOOM3, sound is disabled. The output console displays:

[twoup]

Ive just been through a similar battle with getting sound to work in Doom3 on my amd64 3500+.
The only diff. is that I am using nvidia onboard ac97 sound.

Anyway, here are the steps i used to get sound working.. Hope they help.

1. Enable OSS in kernel with emu driver - install new kernel/modules reboot
2. add the following to your /etc/asound.conf
-----start here ---
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dsp0 {
type plug
slave.pcm "dmixer"
}

pcm.dmixer {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_size 16384
periods 128
rate 44100
}
bindings {
0 0
1 1
}
}

ctl.mixer0 {
type hw
card 0
}
---- end here ---

3. to start : doom3 +set sdriver oss

Thats the formula that got sound after much stuffing around. I didnt get anywhere using ALSA.

Goodluck

Twoup

[Jimmers]

I had the same error. If the above doesn't work, I managed to get sound + D3 working with the following on A64 + SB Audigy LS (ca0106):

-Upgraded to 2.6.11-r4 kernel (was on 2.6.9-r14)
-Include sound card support, but not OSS or ALSA in kernel
-Make sure you have ALSA_CARDS="emu10k1", or whatever appropriate in /etc/make.conf BEFORE making kernel
-Setup ALSA using the guide here
-Go to D3, open up console (still no sound), type
>>> set s_driver oss
>>> set s_dsp /dev/dsp or /dev/sound/dsp, they both work
>>> set s_noSound 0
>>> s_restart
-If the sound is garbled, set surround speakers = on in the "System" menu from within D3

And there you go. After all that work, I was literally shocked to hear sound. You might want to double check the D3 console commands though, as I was just remembering them off my head. i.e. s_noSound might be s_nosound, etc.

[eae]

If you dont need software mixing, you only need the following as your .asoundrc :

[klockren]

Thanks! All tips worked, but I choose eae's way, as it produced the least amount of errors at boot (and maybe alsa is to be preferred to oss). Thanks again.

[Jimmers]

[eae]

This .asoundrc does absolutely nothing but giving the name pcm.card0 to the first device of the first soundcard and defining it as the default device, and it is the minimum .asoundrc that one should have, since, as you experienced, some programs try to use the device "default" and complain if they don't find it.
There's no way this can cause garbled sound. Maybe there is something else in your .asoundrc that causes problems?

[Jimmers]

"added" was probably the wrong word to use. My .asoundrc only contains the stuff from your post. Could it possibly be something to do with the kernel? My applicable section of .config is:

[Aynjell]

There is a command in the doom 3 console that will enable alsa 2 or alsa 1. Try to determine what tha is, and if you can get it, you may solve the issue. Sorry, I forget what it is at the moment, but I beleive it's seta asoundrsync, or something along those lines.
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[mattbevan]

This is a very common problem with Doom3 and Alsa hating eachother. The simplest solution (and a one liner) is to modify your Doom3 configuration file: (Stored in the ~/.doom3-demo/demo/ directory for the demonstration version - I don't know where the full version file is placed.)