How to run a Mac Interpreter VM without sound?

>
> The OS X (10.8.0) build slave I use for CI fails to run any
> interpreter-vm-using commands because of sound issues. If I use the
> arguments "-vm-display-null" it says
>
> squeak: could not find any sound driver
>
> and aborts.
>
> If I use the arguments "-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" it says
>
> could not find module vm-sound-null
>
> and aborts.
>
> This is a VM that's freshly baked, from the standard
> download-configure-make dance. An ls in the bld/ directory shows a
> wealth of sound plugins: vm-sound-null, vm-sound-MacOSX, and so on.
> Using any of these plugins fails, all because the VM "could not find
> module vm-sound-FOO".
>
> -help says
>
> Available drivers:
>   vm-display-custom
>   vm-display-null
>
> and you'll note the absence of any sound drivers there. The sad thing
> is I don't even _care_ about sound. The machine runs CI jobs only. If
> I could do without random Beep sounds, I'd be even happier.
>
> So how do I find out what incantation I need to chant while
> sacrificing the chicken, if I want to run an Interpreter VM on OSX?
>
> Thanks!
>
> frank
>

>
> It sounds like you are compiling a Unix VM on Mac. I can't tell if this is
> a build problem or a runtime problem. Does the official VM from
> http://squeakvm.org/unix/ work on your build slave machine?
>
> Dave
>
>>
>> The OS X (10.8.0) build slave I use for CI fails to run any
>> interpreter-vm-using commands because of sound issues. If I use the
>> arguments "-vm-display-null" it says
>>
>> squeak: could not find any sound driver
>>
>> and aborts.
>>
>> If I use the arguments "-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" it says
>>
>> could not find module vm-sound-null
>>
>> and aborts.
>>
>> This is a VM that's freshly baked, from the standard
>> download-configure-make dance. An ls in the bld/ directory shows a
>> wealth of sound plugins: vm-sound-null, vm-sound-MacOSX, and so on.
>> Using any of these plugins fails, all because the VM "could not find
>> module vm-sound-FOO".
>>
>> -help says
>>
>> Available drivers:
>>   vm-display-custom
>>   vm-display-null
>>
>> and you'll note the absence of any sound drivers there. The sad thing
>> is I don't even _care_ about sound. The machine runs CI jobs only. If
>> I could do without random Beep sounds, I'd be even happier.
>>
>> So how do I find out what incantation I need to chant while
>> sacrificing the chicken, if I want to run an Interpreter VM on OSX?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> frank
>>
>
>

>
> I am using a Unix VM on a Mac. I guess that's not the right thing to
> do, despite OS X being a Unix-like system? I don't care about visuals
> or audio: I'm only interested in interacting with the image through
> stdout/stdin so had thought that wouldn't be a problem.
>
> I can _build_ the VM just fine. I just can't _run_ it, because
> squeak.sh demands a sound driver, and I don't know why it can't find
> one of the many that were built.
>
> frank
>
> On 8 September 2014 15:30, David T. Lewis <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> It sounds like you are compiling a Unix VM on Mac. I can't tell if this
>> is
>> a build problem or a runtime problem. Does the official VM from
>> http://squeakvm.org/unix/ work on your build slave machine?
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>>
>>> The OS X (10.8.0) build slave I use for CI fails to run any
>>> interpreter-vm-using commands because of sound issues. If I use the
>>> arguments "-vm-display-null" it says
>>>
>>> squeak: could not find any sound driver
>>>
>>> and aborts.
>>>
>>> If I use the arguments "-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" it says
>>>
>>> could not find module vm-sound-null
>>>
>>> and aborts.
>>>
>>> This is a VM that's freshly baked, from the standard
>>> download-configure-make dance. An ls in the bld/ directory shows a
>>> wealth of sound plugins: vm-sound-null, vm-sound-MacOSX, and so on.
>>> Using any of these plugins fails, all because the VM "could not find
>>> module vm-sound-FOO".
>>>
>>> -help says
>>>
>>> Available drivers:
>>>   vm-display-custom
>>>   vm-display-null
>>>
>>> and you'll note the absence of any sound drivers there. The sad thing
>>> is I don't even _care_ about sound. The machine runs CI jobs only. If
>>> I could do without random Beep sounds, I'd be even happier.
>>>
>>> So how do I find out what incantation I need to chant while
>>> sacrificing the chicken, if I want to run an Interpreter VM on OSX?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> frank
>>>
>>
>>
>

>
> I don't know of any reason that it shouldn't work, but I don't have a Mac
> and I can't say what the issue is.
>
> My suggestion was to narrow down the problem by checking if a pre-built VM
> from squeakvm.org/unix works. If the pre-built VM works, but your locally
> compiled VM does not work, then you are probably dealing with some kind of
> issue related to your development environment. If so, I'm sure we could
> narrow the problem down from there.
>
> Dave
>
>
>>
>> I am using a Unix VM on a Mac. I guess that's not the right thing to
>> do, despite OS X being a Unix-like system? I don't care about visuals
>> or audio: I'm only interested in interacting with the image through
>> stdout/stdin so had thought that wouldn't be a problem.
>>
>> I can _build_ the VM just fine. I just can't _run_ it, because
>> squeak.sh demands a sound driver, and I don't know why it can't find
>> one of the many that were built.
>>
>> frank
>>
>> On 8 September 2014 15:30, David T. Lewis <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> It sounds like you are compiling a Unix VM on Mac. I can't tell if this
>>> is
>>> a build problem or a runtime problem. Does the official VM from
>>> http://squeakvm.org/unix/ work on your build slave machine?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The OS X (10.8.0) build slave I use for CI fails to run any
>>>> interpreter-vm-using commands because of sound issues. If I use the
>>>> arguments "-vm-display-null" it says
>>>>
>>>> squeak: could not find any sound driver
>>>>
>>>> and aborts.
>>>>
>>>> If I use the arguments "-vm-display-null -vm-sound-null" it says
>>>>
>>>> could not find module vm-sound-null
>>>>
>>>> and aborts.
>>>>
>>>> This is a VM that's freshly baked, from the standard
>>>> download-configure-make dance. An ls in the bld/ directory shows a
>>>> wealth of sound plugins: vm-sound-null, vm-sound-MacOSX, and so on.
>>>> Using any of these plugins fails, all because the VM "could not find
>>>> module vm-sound-FOO".
>>>>
>>>> -help says
>>>>
>>>> Available drivers:
>>>>   vm-display-custom
>>>>   vm-display-null
>>>>
>>>> and you'll note the absence of any sound drivers there. The sad thing
>>>> is I don't even _care_ about sound. The machine runs CI jobs only. If
>>>> I could do without random Beep sounds, I'd be even happier.
>>>>
>>>> So how do I find out what incantation I need to chant while
>>>> sacrificing the chicken, if I want to run an Interpreter VM on OSX?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> frank
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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