Sound from KVM guest

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On 09/01/2011 08:32 AM, Michael Eager wrote:
> Hi --
>
> I installed Windows 7 in a KVM virtual machine running on
> Fedora 15.  The guest is configured with an es1370 sound card.
> Windows detected the sound device and installed drivers, but I
> don't get any sound.
>
> The same thing happens when configured with an ac97 sound device.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
Please refer to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Virtualization_problems#Audio_output

1. Set selinux to permissive

2. Add the following lines to /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

user='foobar'
group='foobar'
vnc_allow_host_audio = 1

This solved my KVM guest sound problem and I can use virt-manager too.