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Hi Tomas, On Wed, 09 Sep 2020, 17:29:44 +0200, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
I expected confusion, ....
To clarify - I am not asking about forwarding sound through remote connection to ssh/vnc client side.
I would like to figure out how to access sound devices on vnc server to play sounds on vnc server.
As described in the original post - it seems that something is restricting access to local HW devices on the server. Perhaps it is not access control/ restriction, but some conflict or exclusive access from something on the server side. I am not sure.
first thing which comes to mind is group "audio"; IIRC only members of the "audio" group are allowed to access sound related devices. When you're using PulseAudio, there might be an issue if it allows access for other/remote services at all. You can use "paprefs" to allow/disallow access to those devices which PA already controls on your local system.
Thank you, Tomas
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred