minetest 5.7 no sound

[Linrox]

Just did a clean reinstall of minetest 5.7 on my linux (opensuse 15.4) and there is no sound.
Checked a few forums and some tutorials on finding the issue, but nothing worked.
Checked both alsa and pulse audio, and they have no issues.
finally found the debug log, and it says

ERROR[Main]: Audio: Global Initialization: Failed to create context

I don't know how to fix that??

some help would be nice.
Thx

[Desour]

Which openal implementation (usually openal-soft) and version do you have installed?
Try running `$ openal-info`. Does it produce errors?

[Linrox]

openal-info
Available playback devices:
JACK Default
Available capture devices:
Monitor Source of Simultaneous output to Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo, Built-in Audio Stereo, GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
Monitor of Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo
Monitor of Built-in Audio Stereo
Monitor of GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
Default playback device: JACK Default
Default capture device: Monitor Source of Simultaneous output to Family 17h (Models 00h-0fh) HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo, Built-in Audio Stereo, GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI)
ALC version: 1.1

** Info for device "JACK Default" **
ALC version: 1.1
ALC extensions:
ALC_ENUMERATE_ALL_EXT, ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT, ALC_EXT_CAPTURE,
ALC_EXT_DEDICATED, ALC_EXT_disconnect, ALC_EXT_EFX,
ALC_EXT_thread_local_context, ALC_SOFTX_device_clock, ALC_SOFT_HRTF,
ALC_SOFT_loopback, ALC_SOFT_pause_device
Available HRTFs:
default-44100.mhr
default-48000.mhr
AL lib: (EE) ALCjackPlayback_start: No physical playback ports found

!!! Failed to set a context !!!

[Blockhead]

Did you install from your own compiled version or from your distro's package repository? If it's from your package manager, report the issue to SUSE. Debian broke OpenAL support in Minetest at one point, so it may be similar.

[Linrox]

the minetest install came from the main site for my distro.
The linux files are from official repo's for my distro.

[rubenwardy]

The fact that openal-info shows an error means that the issue is with openal, not Minetest. Does your system have a speaker attached?

[Linrox]

using headphones, no sound issues with any other game or app

[Desour]

It's clearly not a minetest-specific issue.

AL lib: (EE) ALCjackPlayback_start: No physical playback ports found

!!! Failed to set a context !!!

I've found where the error message is coming from:
https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/blo ... k.cpp#L581
The wording of the message changed about 2 years ago. You could try to install a recent openalsoft version.
You could also try disabling that [jack] "connect-ports" option (probably something in `$ alsoft-config` -> Backends -> Jack, if not, the config file is at ~/.config/alsoft.conf), I have no idea if that helps though.
If both doesn't help, consider opening an issue at openalsoft.

[Desour]

Also, you can try not using the jack alsoft driver:
$ ALSOFT_DRIVERS=pulse minetest
doc: <https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft/blo ... rs.txt#L26>

[Linrox]

i am a little lost on how to fix this, maybe i am just tired.
Try again tomorrow.