Bug#425057: ltsp-server: Sound does not work out of box and no instructions for making it work
In Debian Edu/Etch, we configure sound in KDE automatically using desktop-profiles. We provide default KDE settings to enable ESD when logging in from a thin client with sound support enabled. Here is how it is done. The file /etc/desktop-profiles/debian-edu-config.listing contain this entry: # Settings for the thin clients, to enable esd sound edu-ltsp;KDE;/usr/share/debian-edu/thin-client;20;$([ $LTSP_CLIENT ] [ $ESPEAKER ] echo 1);Settings common to all debian-edu LTSP clients This activate the KDE configuration files in /usr/share/debian-edu/thin-client when both LTSP_CLIENT and ESPEAKER is set. Next, the file /usr/share/debian-edu/thin-client/share/config/kcmartsrc contain the KDE configuration to enable esd and use it: [Arts] AudioIO=esd Arguments=\s-F 10 -S 4096 -a esd -s 60 -m artsmessage -c drkonqi - With these two files in place, KDE switches to esd and uses the ESPEAKER setting to send sound to the thin client when logging in from a LTSP thin client with sound enabled. As gnome as far as I know already uses esd, there is no need to reconfigure gnome to get its application to use esd. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#425057: ltsp-server: Sound does not work out of box and no instructions for making it work
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 01:30:39PM -0600, Bryan Sutula wrote: After installing ltsp-server and getting clients to run, sound does not work on the clients. Within the package, I'm not finding any notes or pointers to other documentation for getting sound to work. right. we definitely need to document it. we should consider enabling it by default, though not all users will want it enabled. The two main things I needed to do to enable sound were: 1) Add SOUND = Y to /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf Note that this file isn't there by default, so the user might want to copy it from /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/ltsp-client/examples as a starting point. However, they probably want to comment out all the lines and start with an empty [Default] section. right. the theory was the default behavior should not require an lts.conf... but it confuses everybody so we'll probably start creating one anyways. :) 2) Within the chroot, install several packages. I don't know if this is the right set, but this is what worked. (I'd love feedback if I have installed the wrong things.) sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get update sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get install alsa-oss alsa-base alsa-utils ...snip... probably don't need all of these. i will look into it when i get a chance. i'm wondering if switching to libesd-alsa0 in the chroot would work instead? though i think there's some ltsp scripts that stupidly check for /dev/dsp ... so we'd have to fix those too. The addition of these packages does increase the client's footprint. Previously, a top(1) showed memory usage of 47748k. After these sound packages are installed, memory usage increased to 48904K. yes, well, it requires running an additional daemon, so that's not a huge surprise. :) Additionally, one could point users to: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Sound It is difficult, though, because most of the instructions at ltsp.org are written for a manual install of LTS. The Debian packaging is nice, but it becomes difficult for a user to tell what it's done, and how much of the lts.org documentation is applicable. wiki.ltsp.org is primarily for older ltsp 4.x versions at this point. there is also http://wiki.debian.org/LTSP where you could add documentation. maybe add a sound section to LTSP/Howto if it's a short set of instructions, or create a separate page and link to it in the howto. then we can clean up the wiki content and include it in the package documentation. thanks for the report and suggestions on how to get it to work. live well, vagrant -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#425057: ltsp-server: Sound does not work out of box and no instructions for making it work
Package: ltsp-server Version: 0.99debian11 Severity: normal After installing ltsp-server and getting clients to run, sound does not work on the clients. Within the package, I'm not finding any notes or pointers to other documentation for getting sound to work. The two main things I needed to do to enable sound were: 1) Add SOUND = Y to /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf Note that this file isn't there by default, so the user might want to copy it from /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/doc/ltsp-client/examples as a starting point. However, they probably want to comment out all the lines and start with an empty [Default] section. 2) Within the chroot, install several packages. I don't know if this is the right set, but this is what worked. (I'd love feedback if I have installed the wrong things.) sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get update sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 apt-get install alsa-oss alsa-base alsa-utils The following extra packages will be installed: libasound2 libpci2 linux-sound-base lsof pciutils Suggested packages: apmd libasound2-plugins The following NEW packages will be installed alsa-base alsa-oss alsa-utils libasound2 libpci2 linux-sound-base lsof pciutils The addition of these packages does increase the client's footprint. Previously, a top(1) showed memory usage of 47748k. After these sound packages are installed, memory usage increased to 48904K. Additionally, one could point users to: http://wiki.ltsp.org/twiki/bin/view/Ltsp/Sound It is difficult, though, because most of the instructions at ltsp.org are written for a manual install of LTS. The Debian packaging is nice, but it becomes difficult for a user to tell what it's done, and how much of the lts.org documentation is applicable. -- Package-specific info: packages in chroot: /opt/ltsp/i386 ii initramfs-tools 0.85gtools for generating an initramfs ii ldm 0.99debian11 LTSP display manager ii ltsp-client 0.99debian11 LTSP client environment -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages ltsp-server depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii debconf-utils 1.5.11 debconf utilities ii debootstrap 0.3.3.2 Bootstrap a basic Debian system ii esound-clients 0.2.36-3 Enlightened Sound Daemon - clients ii gettext-base0.16.1-1 GNU Internationalization utilities ii iproute 20061002-3 Professional tools to control the ii lsb-release 3.1-23.1 Linux Standard Base version report ii nfs-kernel-server 1:1.0.10-6 Kernel NFS server support ii openbsd-inetd [inet-superse 0.20050402-6 The OpenBSD Internet Superserver ii openssh-client 1:4.3p2-9Secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh ii python 2.4.4-2 An interactive high-level object-o ii ssh 1:4.3p2-9Secure shell client and server (tr ii tcpd7.6.dbs-13 Wietse Venema's TCP wrapper utilit ii tftpd-hpa 0.43-1.1 HPA's tftp server ii update-inetd4.27-0.5 inetd.conf updater Versions of packages ltsp-server recommends: ii nbd-server1:2.8.7-4 the Network Block Device server ii openssh-server1:4.3p2-9 Secure shell server, an rshd repla ii ssh 1:4.3p2-9 Secure shell client and server (tr -- debconf information: ltsp-server/build_client: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
