Keep host audio devices

ThinLinc
1

I try to keep my audio devices when I connect via thinlinc.
I’ve tried disabling AUDIO in the client connection settings and to stop pulseaudio startup.
Neither works - stopping pulseaudio startup ends up with no audio devices on my freshly installed debian 12 bookworm.

But what works is, connecting and killing the pulseaudio devices in an specific order

2

Heya @Kapsonfire,

I’m not really sure what you are trying to achieve. Could you elaborate a bit more, please?

Regards,
Martin

3

I still want to be able to use my Bluetooth Headset (usb dongled) which is plugged in on the host system.
But this doesnt work, because when I connect via thinlinc to it, it will remove all local audio devices from the host system until I kill the audio pulses processes.

4

Aside from disabling the audio in the client and removing the pulseaudio upstart by removing the symlink /opt/thinlinc/etc/xstartup.d/43-tl-pulseaudio-launch.sh, you also need to unset the PULSE_COOKIE and PULSE_SERVER env variables:

$ unset PULSE_COOKIE
$ unset PULSE_SERVER

By doing this, I’m able to get some working out of my server’s soundbar:

maros@ubuntu-client:~$ mpg123 file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 
Playing MPEG stream 1 of 1: file_example_MP3_700KB.mp3 ...

I’m not sure about the bluetooth stuff yet…
Regards,
Martin

5

Thank you very much - its working.
I’ve created a 00-disable-pulse.sh in the startup dir unsetting both envs and i’ve got my devices working.

6

Great. How about your bluetooth though ?

7

Just works. other bluetooth devices still work - headset is working now since it was just registered as audio device