Hello @shfbsdbvf, this reads like #524. Can you check if the older workaround still has an effect?
Im having the same issue but on Fedora. i checked protondb and it seems that others that are on fedora WITH a nvidia gpu are also having the issue. for me sound works on ubuntu and arch. the issue is when trying to play the linux native version. removing that file FIXED IT for me!
Closing in favor of the older issue report.
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/651#issuecomment-1836055324 , thanks, what you described looks like a more accurate workaround. The issue that I created disappeared in SteamVR 2.1.8. Now moving/renaming libSDL2 doesn't fix the sound, but moving renaming libmpg123.so.0 does. Unfortunately if I keep libSDL2 unchanged, hl alyx just doesn't launch. If I rename both of them, everything works fine.
The log of last issue is not verbose but maybe it will help you:
steam-output.txt
crash_20231202132633_2.dmp.txt (github doesn't allow uploading .dmp so I added .txt)
Nothing extracted yet.
Describe the bug
No sound in games mentioned in issue title. The workarounds mentioned in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Steam/Client_troubleshooting#No_sound_in_SteamVR_Home and https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Steam/Games_troubleshooting&oldid=1269251#No_sound_in_.22Half-Life:_Alyx.22 used to help, but now they are more complicated, causing a big headache for users:
To Reproduce
Expected behavior
Sound is expected to work.
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Additional context
Could you please fix libSDL2 sound problems? I have this problem for half a year but instead of getting fixed it becomes worse :(
Or at least publish the build options of libSDL2 that is shipped with steam. GNU/Linux has many ways to output sound, the problem is probably caused by sound setup in system not corresponding to the one expected by steam. If sound setup requirements are published users can adjust their setup and probably the problem will be solved.
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