[FreeNX-kNX] Sound

[Terje Andersen]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:49:04 +0200
"Leon Kolchinsky" <leonk at construct.haifa.ac.il> wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I have installed  FreeNX Version 3.2.0-74-SVN OS (GPL, using backend: 3.3.0)
> on Ubuntu Hardy.
> I'm using it as a proxy for my WinXP machines (RDP).
> 
> The problem is that there is no sound on the client when I'm using NX Client
> from nomachine.
> I check the "Multimedia Support" in the multimedia tab but there still no
> sound.
> 
> Is there any solution for this issue?
> 

I don't know if this works, but it's worth a try:

If you see the help for rdesktop ('rdesktop --help') there is an option to tell rdesktop what soundsystem the sound redirection should use:

"'-r sound:[local[:driver[:device]]|off|remote]': enable sound redirection
                     remote would leave sound on server
                     available drivers for 'local':
                     oss:	OSS output driver, default device: /dev/dsp or $AUDIODEV"

Then adding this option to the node.conf directive AGENT_EXTRA_OPTIONS_RDP="" and specify it to use ESD sound driver should probably make the sound redirection work.

e.g.
AGENT_EXTRA_OPTIONS_RDP="-r sound:local:esd"
AGENT_EXTRA_OPTIONS_RDP="-r sound:local:$AUDIODEV"

If those doesn't work, maybe search through the bash scripts on what the device (variable) is called inside the session, could give you the correct value to fill in.

Please return here with the correct syntax if you get it working, or still have problems, or better; write up the solution on the wiki (see bottom of this mail).

Regards,
Terje