Fixing audio in Ubuntu when running in Virtual PC

Posted by Aseem on Tuesday, July 15th 2008

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If you have installed Ubuntu in Microsoft Virtual PC probably you have noticed that the audio in Ubuntu is not working. We need to modify a line of code to make it work. Read about our previous posts from the links below.

Power up your Ubuntu machine in virtual machine. When you get to Ubuntu GUI, go to Terminal by going to: Applications>Accessories>Terminal:

On terminal type: sudo nano /etc/rc.local enter your password when asked.

When you get to the text menu, at the bottom BEFORE the EXIT 0 line, type this text: “modprobe snd-sb16“ the whole text should look like this:

Press CRTL + O to write, press ENTER to accept it, and press CTRL + X to exit. Reboot Ubuntu. You should get sound now.

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7 Comments Already

vinoth kumar Said,

July 31st, 2008 @6:06 am

really excellent
THANK YOU

guthian Said,

November 8th, 2008 @4:45 pm

Hey, I am keeping getting the error message: “No volume control GStreamer plugins and/or devices found. (I run Ubuntu 8.10 under Microsoft’s Virtual PC)

How do I fix it? Send solution to Guthian@gmail.com please.

kmoore Said,

January 15th, 2009 @3:02 pm

Pulled my hair out for hours with many reboots before fixing the audio. (Ubuntu 8.10 and MS Virtual PC 2007) Seems that all the posts I was reading forgot to mention that by default audio is not enabled for the user. You have to go to System/Administration/Users and Groups, click Unblock (and authenticate), then click on the user, click Properties. Check the User Priveleges. If Use audio devices is not checked for your user, no devices will be available. Enable the setting, click OK, then reboot.