--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+test_description='Check if alsa_init() failures are handled gracefully.
+
+Older parasslash versions contained a bug which caused para_write and para_audiod
+to abort if the alsa/oss device could not be opened. This test makes sure we
+will not introduce the same bug again.'
+
+. ${0%/*}/test-lib.sh
+
+for i in alsa oss; do
+ test_require_objects "${i}_write"
+ missing_objects="$result"
+ if [[ -n "$missing_objects" ]]; then
+ test_skip "$i" "missing object(s): $missing_objects"
+ continue
+ fi
+ test_expect_failure "$i" "
+ head -c 100 /dev/zero | $PARA_WRITE -w '$i -d /dev/non_existent'
+ "
+done
+test_done