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netpumber

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 134

Sound from guest OS doesn't pass to host with KVM/QEMU & virt-manager

Hello.

I have a fresh install of KVM/QEMU on my PC running Arch (Host) where sound from guest OSs (debian) doesn't pass to the host except if it set this :

QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=alsa

and run this command only as root

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -vga std -daemonize -soundhw ac97 ~/VMs/disk.qcow2

I read and other topics on that subject on this and other forums but couldn't find a solution on how to make it work with virt-manager.

Does anyone has an idea on how to fix it?

Thank you.

P.S i'm using only alsa and not pulse audio.

Last edited by netpumber (2015-10-28 20:59:51)

hoehermann

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Registered: 2015-11-01

Posts: 1

Re: Sound from guest OS doesn't pass to host with KVM/QEMU & virt-manager

The default audio driver is oss. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34546 So you need to select the desired driver explicitly (like you already do).

Last edited by hoehermann (2015-11-01 13:13:00)