Re: [gentoo-amd64] PulseAudio, multilib, emul-linux-x86-soundlibs

["Thomas Jost" <thomas.jost@gmail.com>]

2007/10/4, Rodolphe Rocca <fake2@free.fr>:
> Rodolphe Rocca wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know if it's been discussed before so I don't open a bug right
> > now.
> >
> > The emul-linux-x86-soundlibs package (version 10.0-r1) comes with
> > basic alsa libraries.
> > However, some 32 bits applications using alsa may need 32 bits alsa
> > plugins.
> > This is especially true in my case where :
> > - I _need_  to use 32 bits skype (corporate decision I cannot discuss
> > although I would have much to say about)
> > - I _want_ to use the pulseaudio sound server whose 64-bits alsa
> > plugin is delivered with the alsa-plugins package
> >
> > I haven't try yet, but I'm pretty sure I won't have sound with my
> > favorite game (enemy-territory) neither.
> >
> > Question : is there a strong reason why a 32-bits version of
> > alsa-plugins (that would install plugins in /usr/lib32/alsa-lib) is
> > not included in emul-linux-x86-soundlibs ?
> Opened issue http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194697

There is already http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186820 (but it
is specifically about PulseAudio, not alsa-plugins in general).

In fact it is quite easy to have PulseAudio working in 32bit apps if
you have a 32bit chroot : you just have to emerge pulseaudio and
alsa-plugins with the right USE-flags, and then to copy the needed
files on your normal system.

But well, everybody doesn't have a 32bit chroot, so you will find the
needed files here:
http://fichiers.schnouki.net/Gentoo/alsa-pulse-32bit.tar.bz2 (files
from pulseaudio-0.9.5-r6 and alsa-plugins-1.0.14, I just compiled them
myself a few minutes ago on my 32bit chroot, and it looks like it
works pretty well with Skype).

Good luck ;-)

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