Crash on start {linux}

[wciow]

I recently reinstalled my Ubuntu system since the old one got corrupted.
I reinstalled Glest from the apt package manager.

Terminal gives this error on starting and the game exits.

ln: creating symbolic link `./configuration.xml': File exists
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
void Shared::Platform::Window::setStyle(Shared::Platform::WindowStyle) not implemented.
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:874:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
open /dev/[sound/]dsp: No such file or directory
OpenAL Vendor: Exception: Couldn't open audio device.

Anyone know what I need to do to fix this?

[GNUlinux]

Do you have all the ALSA libs installed?

Is ALSA working using other apps?

Are the permissions on /dev/dsp correct?

Try to run: alsa-info --no-upload

It may provide some info you can use to debug the problem.

[wciow]

Thanks for the advice. It seems to have fixed itself now. I was having general trouble with the pulse-audio in 8.10 conflicting with ALSA, so I removed pulse. It fixed most of the problems on my system including Glest.