CrackedLCD Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I just changed from VMware Server to Workstation because I need sound to do presentations for work, unfortunately, it seems Workstation isn't looking for the proper sound device? It's looking for /dev/dsp but always gives the error: "Failed to open sound device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy. Failed to connect virtual device sound." How can I remedy this? Do I need to disable sound in the host (Mandriva) first?? BTW: My guest OS is Windows XP Home Edition if it makes any difference. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) What about disabling PulseAudio at the host OS first? AFAIK VMWare 6.5 beta is working with Pulse, and the same goes for the current Virtualbox release (1.6.2)- but VMWare 6.0.X has issues. Edited June 13, 2008 by scarecrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1098 Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 I'm using VMWare Workstation 6.0.3 on Mandriva 2008 Spring with no issues. My Win XP guest has the sound device set to "autodetect" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackedLCD Posted June 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 What about disabling PulseAudio at the host OS first?AFAIK VMWare 6.5 beta is working with Pulse, and the same goes for the current Virtualbox release (1.6.2)- but VMWare 6.0.X has issues. How do I go about disabling PulseAudio? Will it disable sound in the host completely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard1098 Posted June 14, 2008 Report Share Posted June 14, 2008 How do I go about disabling PulseAudio? Will it disable sound in the host completely? Are you running any sound applications like Amarok when you run VMWare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackedLCD Posted June 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2008 Are you running any sound applications like Amarok when you run VMWare? No I am not. and fuser /dev/dsp shows nothing...which i assume means no app is currently using the sound device. Do I need to change to the persmissions on /dev/dsp? What should they be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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