I just finished downloading Freeciv version 2.1.10. I managed to install it using Synaptic Package Manager. The civserver* executes without incident. When I execute the civclient* though I get the following errors:
ALSA lib confmisc.c:768: (parse_card) cannot find card '0'
ALSA lib conf.c:3513: (_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_card_driver returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:392: (snd_func_concat) error evaluating strings
ALSA lib conf.c:3513: (_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_concat returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib confmisc.c:1251: (snd_func_refer) error evaluating name
ALSA lib conf.c:3513: (_snd_config_evaluate) function snd_func_refer returned error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3985: (snd_config_expand) Evaluate error: No such file or directory
ALSA lib pcm.c:2144: (snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default
Segmentation fault

What went wrong. Keep in mind I'm new to Linux and therefore you'll have to describe rather step by step what needs to be done.

This is simply pathetic!!! 252 views and no a single reply

253 now. No idea.

Maybe it's a permissions problem, are you sure you added the user to all the right groups, like 'audio'. So run something like:

as root or sudo. You should probably change $USER to your user name, but the command may also work as is.

Sorry if nobody replied, I don't often look in this forum, and I don't play freeciv.

Sorry you haven't gotten more replies. One of the great ways to learn linux is to run into problems like this, then do some searching and troubleshooting to figure it out. Google is your friend, and googling a phrase from your error output can give you lots of links. Add your distribution if you want to narrow it down. For example, I just googled:

ubuntu ALSA lib confmisc.c:768: (parse_card) cannot find card '0'

and got 1860 entries:
http://tinyurl.com/yephmt5

LQ can be a great resource, but many folks get fatigued from trying to help people who don't seem to want to help themselves. Your OP request to "describe rather step by step" may have inadvertently put up red flags, and your FU probably sealed the deal! ;-)

I don't know what you do or don't know, so I'll assume nothing. ALSA refers to the sound modules and libraries, and what the messages are saying is that the program can't find your sound card. Next questions I might ask:

1. What happens if you run civclient as root?
2. Can the regular user successfully run other sound applications?

Good luck!

Sorry for not closing this thread earlier, but the problem was resolved long ago. I cannot even remeber how.