VirtualJaguar in Debian 12 (32 bit) has no sound

[atarixle]

Hi there,

 

I recently updated my outdated IBM Thinkpad to debian 12. And then I installed virtualjaguar, so I don't know if it would have worked in debian 10 or 11.

 

Now I have no sound whenever I run virtualjaguar. There is no output in the Terminal, so I have no clue what is going on here.

 

Did anybody tried this already? Anybody tried to run virtualjaguar on debian 12 64 bit?

Edited October 17, 2023 by atarixle

[alucardX]

I run debian 12 but am quite busy right now. I might be able to try this sometime next week.

[atarixle]

I am so stupid and forgetful ... why don't I try this myself, when I got a bunch of computers here running debian 11 32 / 64 and debian 12 64 bit ... but watching my computers do the update to the latest point-release I guess I wont check this out before finnishing this post. 

[zzip]

Check your mixer settings.   Sometimes if multiple audio devices are present, some apps will send their audio to the wrong one, and you will hear nothing.    There's usually controls to set the active audio device, and the per-app controls to change where they send their audio.

 

Also it could be a pulseaudio vs jack vs ALSA vs SDL issue.  It's been awhile since I messed with virtual jaguar, but if it gives you an option of which audio backend to use,  it might have chosen a default that doesn't work, and you can try different backends until you get sound.

[atarixle]

This will be the next thing I check out. For now, on debian 11 64, virtualjaguar has no sound too, so I wont test debian 12 64 and debian 11 32 now.

Now I need to run to the dentist. Later!

[zzip]

Also in case you missed it,   a new Jaguar emulator came out earlier this year with almost perfect compatibility:   BigPEmu:  https://www.richwhitehouse.com/jaguar/index.php?content=download

 

There's no native Linux build for now (supposedly on the TODO list),  but the Windows build runs perfectly under Wine on Linux

[atarixle]

The binary is 64 bit only. I will test drive it on my PC, but it is off the boundaries of my 4:3 screen-sized Thinkpad capabilities.

[atarixle]

At least the MATE mixer says that virtualjaguar has sound and it is up to the max.

Still can't hear anything but a crack noise when starting.

Edited October 19, 2023 by atarixle

[atarixle]

Wow I never had thought of this but I tried out enabling the Jaguar BIOS.

This makes the sound appear. Strangely it worked in Windows without activating this checkbox.

Thanks for all your help, may be this helps you too.

 

This issue is solved for me. (may be I can add a solved tag to the toppic)

Edited October 19, 2023 by atarixle

[UHATEIT]

On my Atari VCS I have one of Atari's Debian USB sticks and when in PC mode it's Linux/Debian. I downloaded the BigPEmu and even tho it's on Debian/Linux and there is no build for it, you can use Wine and it opens Windows programs and then runs them on Debian/Linux. I have had no issues using that and running everything in BigPEmu at all even without a Debian/Linux build of it. Id say scrap Virtual Jaguar and use BigPEmu

[zzip]

5 minutes ago, UHATEIT said:

On my Atari VCS I have one of Atari's Debian USB sticks and when in PC mode it's Linux/Debian. I downloaded the BigPEmu and even tho it's on Debian/Linux and there is no build for it, you can use Wine and it opens Windows programs and then runs them on Debian/Linux. I have had no issues using that and running everything in BigPEmu at all even without a Debian/Linux build of it. Id say scrap Virtual Jaguar and use BigPEmu

I suggested that too.   But problem is he's on a 32-bit system and BigPemu is a 64-bit build 😕

 

[UHATEIT]

6 minutes ago, zzip said:

I suggested that too.   But problem is he's on a 32-bit system and BigPemu is a 64-bit build 😕

 

ah i thought there was something when he said 32bit that would come up. I dont know how I ended up on 64bit I dont understand that stuff at least, just whatever the Atari VCS runs on. I was happy at least to find a workaround to use BigPEmu on the VCS with the Debian usb stick!

[zzip]

1 minute ago, UHATEIT said:

ah i thought there was something when he said 32bit that would come up. I dont know how I ended up on 64bit I dont understand that stuff at least, just whatever the Atari VCS runs on. I was happy at least to find a workaround to use BigPEmu on the VCS with the Debian usb stick!

64-bit CPUs have been common since the mid-2000s,   I'm just wondering how ancient this laptop is if he can only do 32-bit

 

[atarixle]

Intel produced 32 bit CPUs until the late '00 years, may be even longer. The R60e I got is a 2006 or 2007 Intel Core Duo E. I am interested in Retrogaming on its low-res 4:3 screen (1024x768).

I bought my 32 bit Acer Aspire One 10" as brandnew in 2010.

Edited November 4, 2023 by atarixle