Workstation User’s Manual
176 VMware, Inc.
Workstation7.0forLinuxsupportsAdvancedLinuxSoundArchitecture(ALSA).
WindowsXP,WindowsVista,Windows7andmostrecentLinuxdistributionsdetect
thesounddeviceandinstallappropriatedriversforit.
ForWindowsVistaorWindows7,whenyouinstallVMwareToolsina64‐bitWindows
VistaorWindows7guestope
ratingsystem,
asounddriverisinstalled.For32‐bit
WindowsVistaandWindows7guestsandWindows2003Serverguests,useWindows
Updatetoinstalla32‐bitdriver.
Installing Sound Drivers in Windows 9x and NT Guests
Windows95,Windows98,Windows98SE,andWindowsNT4.0donothavedrivers
fortheSoundBlasterAudioPCIadapter.Tousesoundintheseguestoperatingsystems,
downloadthedriverfromtheCreativeLabsWebsiteandinstallitintheguest
operatingsystems.
CreativeLabshasWebsitesthatservediffe
rentregionsoftheworld.The adaptername
varies,dependingontheregion,butusuallyincludesPCI128.
Using Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
Workstation7.0supportsAdvancedLinuxSoundArchitecture(ALSA).Earlier
versionsofWorkstationusedtheOpenSoundSystem(OSS)interfaceforsound
playbackandrecordinginvirtualmachinesrunningonLinuxhosts.UnlikeOSS,ALSA
doesnotrequireexclusiveaccesstothesounddevice.Thehostmachineandmultiple
virtualmachinescanplaysou
ndatthesametime
.
BeforeyoucanuseALSAinaVMwarevirtualmachine,yoursystemmustmeetthe
followingrequirements.
TheALSAlibraryversiononthehostsystemmustbeversion1.0.16orlater.
ThesoundcardonyourhostmachinemustsupportALSA.Thealsa‐project.org
Websitemaintainsacurrentlistingofsoundcardsandchipsetsthatsupport
ALSA.
Thecurrentusermusthavetheappropriatepermissionstoaccessthesound
device.
Thesounddeviceonthehostmustnotbemuted.Youcanusethealsamixer
graphicalmixerprogramtoensurethatthesounddeviceisnotmuted.Enter
alsmixerfromacommandprompt.Documentationforthealsamixerprogram
isavailableontheInternet.
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