On 11 Mar 2010, at 16:40, Chris Ridd wrote:
>
> On 11 Mar 2010, at 16:19, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>> On 03/11/10 07:35 AM, Chris Ridd wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've got build 134 installed as a 64-bit guest in VMware Fusion 3, and
>>> although audio is enabled in VMware, and the OpenSolaris device driver
>>> utility reckons "audioens" is attached to the virtual sound hardware, no
>>> sound is ever produced.
>>>
>>> Is there a trick to getting audio working inside VMware?
>>>
>>
>> I've done no testing of VMware, partly as I have never downloaded it. Its
>> possible that
>> VMware's emulation is imperfect, or that audio has been disabled in the host.
>
> It certainly *looks* enabled as far as VMware is concerned. Itunes et al are
> making noises. I stopped iTunes when testing just in case.
Out of interest, the sound support in a 10u5 guest works OK in the same host,
once I enable the "sound server" in GNOME's sound preferences. There's no
audiotest there, but 'kstat audioens' reports:
---
module: audioens instance: 0
name: audioens class: controller
crtime 45.659823136
hard 42
multiple_service 0
snaptime 814.272439408
soft 0
spurious 0
watchdog 0
module: audioens instance: 0
name: fm class: misc
acc_err 0
crtime 479.584121968
dma_err 0
erpt_dropped 0
fm_cache_full 0
fm_cache_miss 0
snaptime 814.272734873
---
# pkginfo -ll SUNWaudd
PKGINST: SUNWaudd
NAME: Audio Drivers
CATEGORY: system
ARCH: i386
VERSION: 11.10.0,REV=2005.01.21.16.34
BASEDIR: /
VENDOR: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
DESC: SunOS audio device drivers using the new audio driver architecture
PSTAMP: on10ptchfeatx20080227231334
INSTDATE: Jan 22 2010 17:39
HOTLINE: Please contact your local service provider
STATUS: completely installed
FILES: 18 installed pathnames
5 shared pathnames
5 directories
12 executables
1222 blocks used (approx)
Cheers,
Chris
