[solved]Ubuntu Karmic 64bit OpenAL issue

[Lupine]

I have tried everything I can find on the Internet to get the PenumbraOvertureDemo to launch on Ubuntu Karmic 64bit, however it continues to fail with:

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Initializing OpenAL.
Trying to open audio device... FATAL ERROR: Failed! Check your OpenAL installation

I've Googled around and read about disabling PulseAudio, but that hasn't worked. I've tried updating the libs to symlinks to my actual libs in /usr/lib but that hasn't worked.

I play many other games, and sound works perfectly fine with them:
Penny Arcade - RainSlick 1 & 2
Doom 3
Prey
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
Quake 4
...etc.
However, for the life of me...I just can't seem to get PenumbraOvertureDemo to work. Can an Ubuntu Karmic 64bit user please help me out?

Thx,
-Lup

[Lupine]

Wouldn't ya know it....just a little more Googling, and I finally found the solution. The step I needed to take was:

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gedit ~/.alsoftrc

...and then make sure the file looked like this:

[general]
drivers=alsa

After doing that, the game launched and I was able to play.

Hopefully this helps someone else....for now I'm off to purchase the full game,
-Lup