xrdp/sesman/chansrv/pulse/pulse-notes.ubuntu.txt

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 Building pulseaudio modules for xrdp
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o append the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list

    deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

    this is what my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like

    deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ maya main upstream import
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted universe multiverse
    deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security main restricted universe multiverse
    deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ precise partner
    deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ precise free non-free

    #deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb apps
    #deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu precise-getdeb games
    deb http://drbl.sourceforge.net/drbl-core drbl stable
    deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-updates main restricted universe multiverse

    NOTE: If you get an error message that goes something like this:

    E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

    try running the following command first:

    apt-get source pulseaudio

o run these commands in your home directory

    cd
    sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev
    apt-get source pulseaudio
    sudo apt-get build-dep pulseaudio

    cd pulseaudio-1.1
    dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b

o edit Makefile and point PULSE_DIR to ~/pulseaudio<version> dir

o run make; the outputs will be
  module-xrdp-sink.so
  module-xrdp-source.so

o sudo cp module-xrdp-sink.so   /usr/lib/pulse-<version>/modules
  sudo cp module-xrdp-source.so /usr/lib/pulse-<version>/modules
  note: on a 64bit machine use lib64 instead of lib

o if you build xrdp with --enable-load_pulse_modules, then the above modules
  will get loaded automatically when xrdp starts. However if --enable-load_pulse_modules
  is not used, then you need to edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and insert the following
  two lines into it:

  load-module module-xrdp-sink
  load-module module-xrdp-source

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 To test sound/microphone redirection
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o install gnome sound recorder or your favorite sound recorder

o mplayer -ao pulse <audio file>

o sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

o in another window run pavucontrol and you should see xrdp-sink in use

o to enable pulseaudio log
    o edit /etc/pulse/daemon.conf and set
      log-target = syslog
      log-level = notice
    o pulseaudio --kill
    o log output will be in /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages