Re: Audio problems with Debian, speech output and the latest VMware Workstation release :-(

[Всеволод Попов <sevapopov13@gmail.com>]

Hello. How did you manage to install debian on a vmWare workstation? Each time when I tried to do that with the text installer I didn't get any luck. The sound was disabled in some point. Right after I started the instalation.

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> 5 июня 2020 г., в 11:50, Sebastian Humenda <shumenda@gmx.de> написал(а):
> 
> Hi Christian
> 
> Christian Schoepplein schrieb am 05.06.2020,  9:44 +0200:
>> I unfortunatly have to use Debian in a virtual machine on a Windows 10
>> system. The virtualitation software I am using is VMware Workstation 15.
>> 
>> Since the latest update of VMware Workstation to the version 15.5.5 the sound
>> output and therefore also the speech output is stucking. It sounds like the
>> system is under heavy load and speech is only outputed in fragments with
>> little breaks in between...
> […]
> 
> It might be unrelated, it might be similar. I'm using VirtualBox with a
> console-only, pulse-disabled Debian stable. If this doesn't match your set up,
> skip this e-mail :).
> I have tried experimenting around with setting a different sound card without
> much success. For me, it turned out most useful to have some background noise.
> This keeps the sound card channel open and speech stops "stuttering". I
> usually listen to very low-volume music or use white noise. Both are
> word-arounds.
> 
> Good luck
> Sebastian