[gentoo-user] WinXP under VMWare: no sound

[Sergio Polini <sp_rm_it@yahoo.it>]

I'm experimenting with VMWare.
I've installed VMWare Workstation (5.5.1.19175-r7 ebuild) and created 
a Windows Virtual Machine.
Then I've installed VMWare Player (in another Gentoo partition), so I 
can "play" the VM I've created.
It works fine. Running Internet Explorer under Linux is rather 
amusing ;-) Well, I've installed VMWare because I _must_ run a few 
Windows apps (not IE ;-)) and don't like to shutdown my Gentoo box to 
do that. But that is another matter...
Now I have what I needed, but I can't help experimenting....
Sound does not work. Sometimes (not always) I get a message 
like "cannot connect to /dev/dsp".
Even if I do not get that message, even if the sound card looks 
connected (no red "x") sound is not working.
I've found a VMWare document about a wrapper:
http://kb.vmware.com/vmtnkb/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1611&sliceId=SAL_Public
but it looks suited for versions 3.x, 4.x, and 5.0.x.
Moreover, I've installed it and got:

[sp ~]$ vmwarearts &
[1] 5669
[sp ~]$ ERROR: ld.so: object 'libvmdsp.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be 
preloaded: ignored.

And no sound, of course....
Any hints?
Thanks
Sergio
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