Control: severity -1 normal * Salvo Tomaselli <tipos...@tiscali.it> [2016-02-04 16:56 +0100]:
> Package: libasound2 > Version: 1.1.0-1 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > Version 1.1 of this library doesn't seem to be fully compatible with > version 1.0. Hmm, version 1.0 was never released in Debian and never existed at alsa project? > Steam games based on source engine can output no sound at all. > > > SDLAUDIO: SDL_OpenAudioDevice() failed: ALSA: Couldn't open audio device: > > Invalid argument That seems seems to be a problem with steam itself. What tells: $ printenv | grep SDL > I have opened a bug to steam upstream for this, > https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4296 > > However since it is not a major release, I would expect the library to be > compatible with the previous version. steam doesn't depend on libasound. Elimar -- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it!
