From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDBBF15800A for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:51:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E30F02BC049; Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:51:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from barracuda.ebox.ca (barracuda.ebox.ca [96.127.255.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9DF372BC01D for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2023 18:51:00 +0000 (UTC) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1693507859-0c856e713d668c40001-LfjuLa Received: from smtp.ebox.ca (smtp.ebox.ca [96.127.255.82]) by barracuda.ebox.ca with ESMTP id XQESSnjUp6pYbVWa (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:50:59 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 96.127.255.82 Received: from waltdnes.org (unknown [198.58.217.37]) by smtp.ebox.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D095441B21 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:50:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:51:20 -0400 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 198.58.217.37 X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: 198-58-217-37.on.cable.ebox.net[198.58.217.37] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 198.58.217.37 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:51:20 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] dosbox 0.74.3 can't init SDL: No audio device on one machine Message-ID: X-ASG-Orig-Subj: dosbox 0.74.3 can't init SDL: No audio device on one machine Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Barracuda-Connect: smtp.ebox.ca[96.127.255.82] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1693507859 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: AES128-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://96.127.255.19:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ebox.ca X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 824 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.113486 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: 73a253bb-5c38-4ce4-b67b-01743689f441 X-Archives-Hash: 0d8a7dbef7db3184ba5c11486f8ac192 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? -- I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista, pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.