[Kde-games-devel] Re: Sound problems in KGoldrunner

[Ian Wadham]

On Saturday 18 December 2010 12:24:42 am Parker Coates wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 02:39, Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > On 17.12.10 12:38:49, Ian Wadham wrote:
> >> If so, should I disable KGoldrunner sound completely before the
> >> KDE 4.6 release?
> >>
> >> I have neither time nor knowledge of the sound libraries, so I would
> >> have no other course. And this is a showstopper as far as I am
> >> concerned.
> >>
> >> I have been out of touch and have done no rebuilds for several months,
> >> not since about 30 June. KDE Help on my build says Version 4.5.60
> >> (KDE 4.5.60 (KDE 4.6 >= 20100627)) and Qt version is 4.6.2.
> >>
> >> So maybe more recent versions of KDE/Qt make the problem go away
> >> or maybe I mis-built Phonon. I seem to remember some confusion about
> >> which Phonon is the "real" one (KDE or Qt) and how to build it.
> >>
> >> Ideas anyone?
> >
> > I've just tried the version installed here, checkout is from Oct. 9th
> > and sounds play just fine for me. They're instant when something happens
> > in the game. I'm using Qt 4.7 from kde-qt currently (From Sep. 21st)
> > here.
> >
> Hmm. I just tried KGoldrunner trunk and the game freezes immediately
> upon start up. It seems to paint itself once and then never again.
> Editing the config file by hand to set "Sound=false" makes it start
> normally and run smoothly. Reenabling sound causes everything to
> freeze up again.
> 
OK, I have just committed revision 1207699, which completely disables
sound in KGoldrunner on trunk.

Do I need to backport it anywhere? Or is trunk going to become KDE 4.6 RC1?

Is the KDE Games module still on SVN even?

As I say, I have lost track of what has been happening lately ... :-(

Whatever happens, the KGoldrunner sound features MUST NOT go
out in Release Candidate 1 which is due out in two days. They are
just not reliable and I have no idea why.

Furthermore I have no time to investigate now. It is Christmas in a
few days and then New Year ...  My wife and I have to prepare and
enjoy the family festivities ... :-)

And I would have little idea how to investigate sound stuff or even
how to build the latest KDE and Qt libraries (i.e. the ones that are
going out in RC1).  For starters, what version of Qt is KDE using now
and how do I get it?

Guys, if anyone has time and would like to re-enable KGoldrunner
sound to try and find out what is wrong, just un-comment the
#define line in kgrglobals.h and re-compile.

All the best, Ian W.