[Bug]: No music or sound on Linux Debian

[PepsiDoggo]

Version of OpenTTD

1.11.2, Linux Debian

Expected result

When I installed and booted up the game, I expected the usual vanilla sounds and music to be playing on the title screen.

Actual result

The game was silent, and for some reason OpenSFX wasn't installed. Even after installing OpenSFX and having music and sound files selected, there was nothing coming from the game.

Steps to reproduce

It isn't really an issue I think could be reproduced on other computers, as I am using a Chromebook that has Linux Debian support.

[nielsmh]

Can you start the game with driver debugging output on?

Run from a terminal:
openttd -ddriver=1

It should print a bunch of messages about which audio devices and output drivers are chosen.

[PepsiDoggo]

Can you start the game with driver debugging output on?

Run from a terminal:
openttd -ddriver=1

It should print a bunch of messages about which audio devices and output drivers are chosen.

I did this and it says at the end "Could not set volume"
Is this the potential root of my issues?

[nielsmh]

Right now the most likely cause would be that SDL chooses the wrong output.

You can try setting the SDL_AUDIODRIVER environment to force a different output, but it depends on what your system is configured for and whether OpenTTD is built for SDL 1.2 or SDL 2.0. (See SDL FAQ.)

[LordAro]

(Unless you've built OTTD yourself to explicitly use SDL1.2, it will be using 2.0)

[Enyuma00]

All i can say is get the music and sound packs if you havent, select them at basic settings menu and make sure the volume slider is not on 0

[TrueBrain]

No reply in over 2 years from the reporter, and a lot has changed in how we build binaries. I am going to assume this has been fixed, as we haven't received any other reports about it.

If this changes, feel free to reopen!