- The audio driver tests (test_ossaudiodev.py and

test_linuxaudiodev.py) are no longer run by default.  This is
  because they don't always work, depending on your hardware and
  software.  To run these tests, you must use an invocation like
    ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -u audio test_ossaudiodev

Lib/test/regrtest.py

@@ -591,8 +591,10 @@ def printlist(x, width=70, indent=4):
         test_gl
         test_imgfile
         test_largefile
+        test_linuxaudiodev
         test_nis
         test_ntpath
+        test_ossaudiodev
         test_socketserver
         test_sunaudiodev
         test_unicode_file

Lib/test/test_linuxaudiodev.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from test import test_support
+test_support.requires('audio')
+
 from test.test_support import verbose, findfile, TestFailed, TestSkipped
 
 import errno

Lib/test/test_ossaudiodev.py

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from test import test_support
+test_support.requires('audio')
+
 from test.test_support import verbose, findfile, TestFailed, TestSkipped
 
 import errno

Misc/NEWS

@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ Tools/Demos
 Build
 -----
 
+- The audio driver tests (test_ossaudiodev.py and
+  test_linuxaudiodev.py) are no longer run by default.  This is
+  because they don't always work, depending on your hardware and
+  software.  To run these tests, you must use an invocation like
+    ./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -u audio test_ossaudiodev
+
 - On systems which build using the configure script, compiler flags which
   used to be lumped together using the OPT flag have been split into two
   groups, OPT and BASECFLAGS.  OPT is meant to carry just optimization- and