No sound with XDMCP

Cyberman · 08-15-2007, 02:27 AM

I'm using Ubuntu, which uses gnome. I'm trying to use XDMCP and a thin client to listen to music that the server is to send. However, I'm not picking up any sound. I am not getting sound when I play videos from the client computer. I am not getting sound regardless of what activities I do on the client computer. I can view things, but I cannot hear things.

How do I fix this problem?

I read something about aRTs, but it seems that's only for KDE. I'm not sure, though.

hob · 08-16-2007, 02:32 PM

XDMCP is strictly for graphics and does not provide remote audio, so you need to use a sound server that supports network access, such as PulseAudio.

ARTS is the sound server for KDE 3, but AFIAK it is not used by other desktop environments.