[Vm-dev] [squeak-dev] Squeak and Sound

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Tue Jan 12 05:15:23 UTC 2021


On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:36 PM Bruce O'Neel <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch>
wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> It seems that libpulse-dev only needs to be installed on the build
> machine.  That is quite logical, it is a dev package.  It also looks that
> pulse audio is picked by default, at least on new? linux versions.
>

OK, then let's make sure that this info gets in all the
linux.buildXXX/HowToBuild files.

>
> I am unable to test on the PI.  I can't convince it to work with a
> bluetooth speaker so I guess I need a USB speaker.
>
> I also notice that on the newest version of Raspberry PI OS seems not to
> get all the way through the build though there are no obvious errors.  it
> stops right after the ar of vm.a, and does not do the libtool parts.  Both
> the older PI 3 and the new PI 4 have the same packages installed after the
> installation but maybe a different base set.
>
> I'll look more tomorrow.
>
> cheers
>
> bruce
>
>
>
> *11 January 2021 19:11 Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com
> <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>> wrote:*
>
> Hi Bruce, Hi squeak.org maintainers,
>
>     this kind of information is incredibly important for new users who
> grab squeak and want to get things done.  We should make sure there is on
> squeak.org a "tips and tricks" page, or series of items on the download
> page that help new users solve these kinds of issues.  The last thing we
> want is for a new user to find themselves blocked and have to go to the
> mailing list to get help.  In that arc from being blocked to asking for
> help many people may simply give up and we will, I believe, lose users that
> way.
>
> So Bruce, this inf should be in HowToBuild, but all, it should also be on
> squeak.org, and prominently.
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 3:04 AM Bruce O'Neel <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just installed Mint 20.1, which is based on the most recent Ubuntu, on
>> a x86-64 system ran
>>
>> apt install libpulse-dev
>>
>> and then built the VM at the git HEAD, and unlike before sound works
>> perfectly.  This is with a 5.3 image.
>>
>> Off to try this on my PI 400...
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> bruce
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot
>
>
>

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_,,,^..^,,,_
best, Eliot
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