Oh, and I'll try your other suggestions tomorrow. Thanks for the help. db
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:13 PM, David Burgess<[email protected]> wrote: > I tried three things: > 1. lts.conf: SOUND=False > 2. lts.conf: SOUND=False + screen.d/rdesktop: pkill pulseaudio > 3. screen.d/rdesktop: pkill pulseaudio > > I got no sound on all three efforts, and pulse didn't show up in ps > -aux on any of those three scenarios. I ran alsamixer and got the > error on the third effort. I can try again with SOUND=False is > lts.conf tomorrow. > > I'm using ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 on ESXi server. The tc is an older HP, > t5520 I think, with a 1.2GHz transmeta efficion cpu and ATI chipset. > > db > > On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Gideon Romm<[email protected]> > wrote: >> Is all this with SOUND=False in lts.conf? >> >> The error that you get with alsamixer suggests that the pulse soundcard >> is set as the default soundcard- which is odd (and the source of your >> problem). >> >> Well, if all else fails, instead of killing pulseaudio, you can work >> with it and add: >> >> export PULSE_SERVER=tcp:127.0.0.1:4713 >> >> to the rdesktop screen script. If that *still* doesn't work, you can >> install "pulseaudio-utils" in the chroot and make the screen script >> call: >> >> padsp rdesktop -r sound:local:oss .... >> >> But, this is getting ugly. What distro did you say you are using? >> >> -Gadi >> >> On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 16:32 -0600, David Burgess wrote: >>> r...@ltsp371:~# alsamixer >>> ALSA lib pulse.c:272:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: >>> Connection refused >>> >>> >>> alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: Connection refused >>> >>> >>> r...@ltsp371:~# ps aux | grep -i pulse >>> root 8474 0.0 0.2 2076 576 pts/0 S+ 16:28 0:00 grep -i >>> pulse >>> >>> >>> r...@ltsp371:~# lspci | grep audio >>> 00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5455 PCI AC-Link >>> Controller Audio Device (rev 10) >>> r...@ltsp371:~# >>> >>> I think I must have the sound driver because sound works in an ldm >>> session. It's quite loud too, so I don't know that alsamixer would be >>> the answer if it did run. >>> >>> db >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Gideon Romm<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > In the shell, run "alsamixer" >>> > >>> > if it works, turn the volume way up. >>> > if it doesn't, you probably don't have the soundcard driver for the >>> > soundcard. check: lsmod|grep snd >>> > >>> > Do you know what soundcard it has? >>> > >>> > also, rdesktop should be: -r sound:local >>> > >>> > -Gadi >>> > >>> > On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 16:09 -0600, David Burgess wrote: >>> >> No joy. I tried both methods. Although 'ps aux | grep -i pulse' >>> >> doesn't show in the shell, still no sound from the rdp session. >>> >> >>> >> Any other ideas? >>> >> >>> >> db >>> >> >>> >> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Gideon >>> >> Romm<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> > This might seem odd, but try setting: >>> >> > >>> >> > SOUND=False >>> >> > >>> >> > in your lts.conf. >>> >> > >>> >> > By default, LTSP runs pulseaudio on startup, which hogs the audio >>> >> > device. You either need to add a "pkill pulseaudio" to the rdesktop >>> >> > screen script, or make rdesktop use pulseaudio, or, as with >>> >> > SOUND=False, >>> >> > instruct LTSP not to start the sound daemon (udev should still load the >>> >> > sound driver modules). >>> >> > >>> >> > Cheers, >>> >> > >>> >> > -Gadi >>> >> > >>> >> > On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 14:58 -0600, David Burgess wrote: >>> >> >> Hi, it's me again. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Thanks to good help from the list so far I have my tc booting up to >>> >> >> rdp. I can log in, and all seems well, but no sound. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I'm using ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 as ltsp server. Here are some lines from >>> >> >> lts.conf: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> SCREEN_07=rdesktop >>> >> >> RDP_OPTIONS="-dGPRC -z -a24 -P -f -0 -rsound:local -u userid" >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I also tried with "-rsound:remote" and without the "-0", but still no >>> >> >> sound. I tried an ldm login and sound worked there. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> I have tc's on identical hardware connecting to the same Windows term >>> >> >> server and they get sound. 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