hmmm123 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I've got my OSX (Mavericks) virtual machine up and running, but am not getting any sound out of it. Host is Ubuntu x64 (13.04) running VMWare Workstation 10. I do get sound from my Windows 7 VMs, so I know the problem is not with the host or vmware. Here's what I have inside the OSX vmx file relating to sound: sound.present = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.autodetect = "TRUE" sound.pciSlotNumber = "33" I have installed vmware tools from the darwin ISO. Am out of ideas so any suggestions are appreciated. EDIT: I tried installing the audio drivers from sourceforge and nothing changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trungpt Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 I don't know the reason. In my case, it works after I enable sound device, install VMware tools, and increase sound volume but the host OS is Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecrazy Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Try last version od darwin http://softwareupdate.vmware.com/cds/vmw-desktop/fusion/6.0.1/1331545/packages/com.vmware.fusion.tools.darwin.zip.tar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7wonders Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I've got my OSX (Mavericks) virtual machine up and running, but am not getting any sound out of it. Host is Ubuntu x64 (13.04) running VMWare Workstation 10. I do get sound from my Windows 7 VMs, so I know the problem is not with the host or vmware. Here's what I have inside the OSX vmx file relating to sound: sound.present = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "-1" sound.autodetect = "TRUE" sound.pciSlotNumber = "33" I have installed vmware tools from the darwin ISO. Am out of ideas so any suggestions are appreciated. EDIT: I tried installing the audio drivers from sourceforge and nothing changed. Did you ever get anywhere with this? I am running into the same issue on latest linux mint host, workstation 10, maverick guest. Works abolutely perfectly except for no sound! Tried the latest darwin but no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geiman Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Did you ever get anywhere with this? I am running into the same issue on latest linux mint host, workstation 10, maverick guest. Works abolutely perfectly except for no sound! Tried the latest darwin but no luck Take a look at this thread and see if the suggestions there help you out at all: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/291227-osx-ml-10834-in-vmware-89-with-a-linux-host-no-audio-anyone-able-to-help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Coynul Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 For anyone still struggling to get audio working in your OS X guest on a linux host, try this* : 1 ) Stop your VM. 2 ) Open a terminal window and enter: aplay -L This command will display a list of audio outputs. Identify the one used by your host system (mine is the SPDIF output, iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0). 3 ) Open the vmx file of your VM in a text editor. a ) Change sound.fileName to reflect the audio output you identified in step 2: sound.fileName = "iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0" b ) Change sound.autodetect to false: sound.autodetect = "FALSE" 4 ) Save the file and restart your VM. Your VM should now have working sound *After much googling, I found this information burried in the comments on a blog and thought it would be more helpful posted here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwanttotry Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 For anyone still struggling to get audio working in your OS X guest on a linux host, try this* : 1 ) Stop your VM. 2 ) Open a terminal window and enter: aplay -L 1>The audio driver: predefined "hdaudio" or with "es1371" (zenith432)? 2> Using your suggestion for the sound.fileName The output is very long, I can see these rows... $ aplay -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server) sysdefault:CARD=Intel HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=Intel,DEV=0 HDA Intel, ALC272X Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers which string to choose? sysdefault:CARD=Intel if for you is sound.fileName = "iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0" for me should be? a> sound.fileName = "sysdefault:CARD=Intel" b> sound.fileName = "front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0" c> or something else? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da_Coynul Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 1>The audio driver: predefined "hdaudio" or with "es1371" (zenith432)? ... for me should be? a> sound.fileName = "sysdefault:CARD=Intel" b> sound.fileName = "front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0" c> or something else? I am using hdaudio which I believe is the default. As far as which output you should use - it depends how your speakers are connected. If you are using stereo speakers connected to the front analog outputs, try sound.fileName = "front:CARD=Intel,DEV=0". If you are using the rear analog outputs you could try sound.fileName = "sysdefault:CARD=Intel". I don't use the analog outputs so I can't test this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipermanig Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 For anyone still struggling to get audio working in your OS X guest on a linux host, try this* : 1 ) Stop your VM. 2 ) Open a terminal window and enter: aplay -L This command will display a list of audio outputs. Identify the one used by your host system (mine is the SPDIF output, iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0). 3 ) Open the vmx file of your VM in a text editor. a ) Change sound.fileName to reflect the audio output you identified in step 2: sound.fileName = "iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0" b ) Change sound.autodetect to false: sound.autodetect = "FALSE" 4 ) Save the file and restart your VM. Your VM should now have working sound *After much googling, I found this information burried in the comments on a blog and thought it would be more helpful posted here. Thanks pal! i confirm it DOES work! worked for me on: Sony vaio duo 11 ( Realteck ALC275 sound card ) vmare workstation v10 Xubuntu 14.04 host OS X Mavericks 10.9 guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psaxl Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Hello, This unfortunately does not work for me. The aplay -L shows the following part $ aplay -L default Playback/recording through the PulseAudio sound server sysdefault:CARD=PCH HDA Intel PCH, CONEXANT Analog Default Audio Device Thus I changed the .vmx file as follows sound.present = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio" sound.fileName = "sysdefault:CARD=PCH" sound.pciSlotNumber = "33" However, there is still no sound Host machine: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Host OS: Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Guest OS: OS Mavericks 10.9 VM Manager: VMware Workstation 10.0.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n4m3r Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 For anyone still struggling to get audio working in your OS X guest on a linux host, try this* : 1 ) Stop your VM. 2 ) Open a terminal window and enter: aplay -L This command will display a list of audio outputs. Identify the one used by your host system (mine is the SPDIF output, iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0). 3 ) Open the vmx file of your VM in a text editor. a ) Change sound.fileName to reflect the audio output you identified in step 2: sound.fileName = "iec958:CARD=PCH,DEV=0" b ) Change sound.autodetect to false: sound.autodetect = "FALSE" 4 ) Save the file and restart your VM. Your VM should now have working sound *After much googling, I found this information burried in the comments on a blog and thought it would be more helpful posted here. Have any of you figured out how to get sound working in Workstation 11.1? No matter what I do I get the vcpu-0 error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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