I'm well familiar with this bug. The emulated audio device is missing some functionality illumos requires. Fixing isn't trivial but I know how to do so. It just hasn't been a top priority.
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Simon Toedt <[email protected]> wrote: > Trying here since developers@ bounced with an internal error. > > Simon > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Simon Toedt <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:41 AM > Subject: No sound on Illumos on VMware, audiotest hangs in write() > To: illumos-dev <[email protected]> > > > My Openindiana/Illumos system is unable to play any sounds in the > VMware Workstation 9 (with latest patches) VM running on a Suse 12.3 > host. > > truss says audiotest hangs in a write() call: > > Sound subsystem and version: SunOS Audio 4.0 (0x00040003) > write(1, " S o u n d s u b s y s".., 58) = 58 > uname(0x080473B0) = 1 > Platform: SunOS 5.11 onnv_145 i86pc > write(1, " P l a t f o r m : S u".., 36) = 36 > ioctl(3, SNDCTL_AUDIOINFO, 0x080478F0) = 0 > open("/dev/sound/audioens:0dsp", O_WRONLY) = 4 > ioctl(4, SNDCTL_AUDIOINFO, 0x08047410) = 0 > > *** Scanning sound adapter #1 *** > write(1, "\n * * * S c a n n i n".., 35) = 35 > /dev/sound/audioens:0dsp (audio engine 0): audioens#0 > write(1, " / d e v / s o u n d / a".., 54) = 54 > - Performing audio playback test... write(1, " - P e r f o r m > i".., 38) = 38 > ioctl(4, SNDCTL_DSP_CAPS, 0x080473C4) = 0 > ioctl(4, SNDCTL_DSP_SAMPLESIZE, 0x080473C8) = 0 > ioctl(4, SNDCTL_DSP_CHANNELS, 0x080473C8) = 0 > ioctl(4, SNDCTL_DSP_SPEED, 0x080473C8) = 0 > > write(1, "\n", 1) = 1 > <left> ................write(1, "\t < l e f t > . . . .".., > 24) = 24 > write(4, 0x082A0C18, 1351904) (sleeping...) > > Any suggestions how I can debug this further? Or fix it? > > Simon > > > -- > Simon > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-9012f59c > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
