Strangest Linux Problem Ever

[kraftman]

Best thing to do is to rip pulseaudio out of the system entirely. Unfortunately you're using Ubuntu so that's not an option; it infects everything right down to gdm.

Thankfully Kubuntu doesn't use it. There's some pulseaudio package installed, but It's not running.

[unimatrix]

Problem solved!

It was this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rs/+bug/454879
It's an SDL audio issue, and virtually all linux OpenGL games are SDL-based.

So the solution was to remove libsdl1.2debian-alsa and install libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio.
Go figure right?

[matobinder]

Problem solved!

It was this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...rs/+bug/454879
It's an SDL audio issue, and virtually all linux OpenGL games are SDL-based.

So the solution was to remove libsdl1.2debian-alsa and install libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio.
Go figure right?

Great to hear this is fixed. And basically a great bit THANK YOU for posting the details and solution of the problem. This just helped me out.