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<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I have a new
development box at home that I am working on.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Currently it
has CentOS 5.1 + Xen 3.2 running several domUs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I am using
XDMCP on the domUs and an X Chooser on dom0 for</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>connecting
to them and it works well, but now I want to be</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>able to get
sound from my domUs and I have been struggling.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I can get
some from network transparent sound by using ESD,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>but I have
no way of controlling the mixer (volume) settings</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>from within
the domU which kind of sucks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I have been
looking at the possibility of setting up a</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>PulseAudio
server in dom0 and installing the ALSA PulseAudio</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>plugin on
each domU set to use the dom0 server as from the</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>web site it
seems to be able to have remote mixer controls</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>and can be
handled as if it were a regular ALSA sound card,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>which should
allow a majority of the apps to work as if</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>there were a
local sound card.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>My questions
are:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
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<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>1) Has
anybody on the list used PulseAudio </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>in this type
of</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>setup (not
necessary Xen interface, but ALSA plugin to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>remote
PulseAudio server)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>2) Does
anybody on the list know a compatible repo that</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>carries
pre-compiled PulseAudio packages?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=111364018-07032008><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Thanks in
advance,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P align=left><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Ross S. W. Walker<BR>Information
Systems Manager<BR>Medallion Financial, Corp.<BR>437 Madison Avenue<BR>38th
Floor<BR>New York, NY 10022<BR>Tel: (212) 328-2165<BR>Fax: (212)
328-2125<BR>WWW: <A
href="http://www.medallion.com/">http://www.medallion.com</A> </FONT></P>
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