Re: Howto enable network sound from domU to dom0?

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 03:29:03AM +0200, Mark Weinem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running Xen2 with NetBSD-3, it's the"standard installation" from the 
> NetBSD/Xen-HowTo. Esound and xmms-esound are packages from pkgsrc-2006Q1, 
> without modifications 
> 
> I don't get sound output (from domU to dom0) running with esound/esd.
> 
> The dom0 has esd running: 
> 
>       esd -tcp -public -port 16001
> 
> 
> The domU's bash gets: 
> 
>       export ESPEAKER=192.168.1.10:16001       
> 
> 
> Esound is installed on dom0 and domU. Xmms-esound on domU is configured 
> for eSound, remote host, 192.168.1.10 and port: 16001. The error messages 
> advise to check the correct configuration of the soundcard....
> 
> The Soundcard is:
> 
> eap0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: Ensoniq CT5880 CT5880-C (rev. 0x02)
> eap0: interrupting at irq 11, event channel 6
> eap0: ac97: TriTech TR28602 codec; no 3D stereo
> audio0 at eap0: full duplex, mmap, independent
> midi0 at eap0: AudioPCI MIDI UAR
> 
> 
> Sound works on dom0 with xmms-esound and remote-host disabled.
> But it also fails with remote-host enabled, 192.169.1.10 (or: localhost) 
> and port 16001. 
> 
> Are there any netsound issues with NetBSD, Xen or the NetBSD/Xen Kernels?

There should not be. It sound works on dom0, I'd suspect a network issue.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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