Please respect my volume setting!

[Juha]

Vmware guest seems to reset the system volume setting regardless if the host
has audio muted or not.

If hard to fix, would it be possible to have a "Start muted" option
available next to the audio card.

This can become a problem when the user thinks he has the system muted but
then booting
up a guest turns on the audio and can generate all kinds of silly
situations.

[Phillip Pi]

Post by Juha
Vmware guest seems to reset the system volume setting regardless if the host
has audio muted or not.
If hard to fix, would it be possible to have a "Start muted" option
available next to the audio card.
This can become a problem when the user thinks he has the system muted but
then booting
up a guest turns on the audio and can generate all kinds of silly
situations.

Good idea. I just remove the sound card from guest images since it gets
annoying.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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[Dave Parsons]

Hi

The soluition has been documented at VMware's site for some time.

http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=lk1JWNyh&p_lva=&p_faqid=853&p_created=1033077310&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTQ4JnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9c291bmQgdm9sdW1lJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9NyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=
Briefly,

VMware Workstation 4.x and later, and GSX Server 3.x and later, enter:

pciSound.enableVolumeControl = FALSE

VMware Workstation 3.x and earlier, and GSX Server 2.5.x and earlier, enter:
sound.disableMasterVolume = TRUE


Hope this helps.

By the way I would seriously look at usiong the VMware Community forums as
most questions now get answered there.

Regards

Dave

Post by Phillip Pi

Post by Juha
Vmware guest seems to reset the system volume setting regardless if the
host has audio muted or not.
If hard to fix, would it be possible to have a "Start muted" option
available next to the audio card.
This can become a problem when the user thinks he has the system muted
but then booting
up a guest turns on the audio and can generate all kinds of silly
situations.

Good idea. I just remove the sound card from guest images since it gets
annoying.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
Please do NOT e-mail me for technical support. DISCLAIMER: The views
expressed in this posting are mine, and do not necessarily reflect the
views of my employer. Thank you.

[Phillip Pi]

Post by Dave Parsons
Hi
The soluition has been documented at VMware's site for some time.
http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_sid=lk1JWNyh&p_lva=&p_faqid=853&p_created=1033077310&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTQ4JnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9c291bmQgdm9sdW1lJnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9NyZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMT1_YW55fiZwX3Byb2RfbHZsMj1_YW55fiZwX2NhdF9sdmwxPX5hbnl_JnBfY2F0X2x2bDI9fmFueX4mcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9wYWdlPTE*&p_li=
Briefly,
pciSound.enableVolumeControl = FALSE
sound.disableMasterVolume = TRUE

Thanks!

Post by Dave Parsons
By the way I would seriously look at usiong the VMware Community forums as
most questions now get answered there.

Dave, will this mean the news server will be shutdown eventually? I am
old fashioned, and prefer newsgroups over Web based forums.
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Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Norton SystemWorks (PC)
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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[Dave Parsons]

Hi Phillip

Post by Dave Parsons
By the way I would seriously look at usiong the VMware Community forums
as most questions now get answered there.

Dave, will this mean the news server will be shutdown eventually? I am old
fashioned, and prefer newsgroups over Web based forums.

Honestly don't know. I was extensively involved in the VMware ACE beta, and
they said they weren't going to setup a newsgroup for it, as the forums were
their preferred way of communication. I do think the forums offer a lot, as
there are VMware employees answering questions there, which is something
that was rather a rare occurrence here.

Dave