[X2Go-User] Pulseaudio muffles sounds from other applications in Windows 7

[Mike Gabriel]

Hi Rene,

On  Mo 06 Jan 2014 21:45:51 CET, rené wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I just upraded from version 3.99 (I think it was) to the latest - 4.0.1.2=..
>
> I both the previous version and this one, I found that when pulseaudio.exe
> runs (starts when x2goclient i started), sound from Youtube and other
> applications is muffled and turned down slightly (audible).
> Killing pulseaudio.exe would remedy that. I don't need sound in x2go-client
> and I would have hoped that having sound disabled in my profile, I wouldn't
> have to kill pulseaudio.exe every time I run x2goclient.. but no.
>
> Anyway.. in 3.99 I would kill pulseaudio.exe and all would be fine, but
> then I upgraded to 4.0.1.2 .. now I can kill pulseaudio.exe, but it will
> immediately be restarted.. Urgh.. Now I have to rename the pulseaudio.exe
> file so x2go can't restart it.
>
> My question: Could you please make it possible to either not install
> pulseaudio at all or at least produce a clever way of not having x2go start
> it at runtime?
>
> Cheers and thanks for an otherwise great application :)
>
> /rené

We had a contribution to X2Go Client that would manage the above (I  
guess), but we failed incorporating that patch back then. I have Cc:ed  
the author, as we have recently picked up that discussion off-list  
already.

@Mihai: ping? Will you be willing to rebase your patch?

Thanks+Greets,
Mike
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