Package: qemu-system-x86
Version: 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2
===Error message===
Error changing VM configuration: unsupported configuration: unknown audio type
'pulseaudio'
===Steps to reproduce===
1) Create a VM.
2) Remove the default sound card.
3) Edit VM config to use the following anywhere in :
I thought setting it to 'pa' would work but it didn't. I tried 'pulseaudio',
'pulse', and 'pa'. Neither worked.
I was using this article as a general guide. (Section 8.2: Passing audio from
virtual machine to host via PulseAudio)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF#Passing_audio_from_virtual_machine_to_host_via_PulseAudio
==Additional information==
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -audio-help
Environment variable based configuration deprecated.
Please use the new -audiodev option.
Equivalent -audiodev to your current environment variables:
(Since you didn't specify QEMU_AUDIO_DRV, I'll list all possibilities)
-audiodev id=pa,driver=pa
-audiodev id=alsa,driver=alsa
-audiodev id=oss,driver=oss
-audiodev id=none,driver=none
$ ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qemu/audio-pa.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qemu/audio-pa.so
$ neofetch --stdout
user@desktop
-
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) x86_64
Host: Z390 UD
Kernel: 5.10.0-19-amd64
Uptime: 2 hours, 36 mins
Packages: 2519 (dpkg)
Shell: bash 5.1.4
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Xfce 4.16
WM: Xfwm4
WM Theme: Default
Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: Tango [GTK2/3]
Terminal: xfce4-terminal
Terminal Font: Monospace Semi-Condensed 12
CPU: Intel i3-9100 (4) @ 4.200GHz
GPU: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630]
GPU: AMD ATI Radeon R9 285/380
Memory: 2171MiB / 15748MiB
RHEL(I used AlmaLinux 9) has a separate package named "qemu-kvm-audio-pa". I
installed it and tried to make a VM and it works there but not under Debian.
This problem seems to be Debian specific.
