Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of AudioDebug

Timestamp:

Nov 10, 2016 4:48:32 PM (7 years ago)

Author:

Michael Thayer

Comment:

Fixed POSIX logging instructions

AudioDebug

@@ -7 +7 @@
 '''Tip of the day''': Best is to copy & paste the following commands to avoid typing errors.
 
- * Shut down all VM instances and !VirtualBox programs, including VBoxSVC.[[br]][[br]]
-    1. On '''Windows''', run
+ 1. On '''Windows'''
+
+  * Shut down all VM instances and !VirtualBox programs, including VBoxSVC.[[br]][[br]]
+  * Run
 {{{
 setx VBOX_RELEASE_LOG "drv_host_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+drv_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+audio_mixer.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda_codec.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_ac97.e.l.l2.l3.f" /M
 }}} 
-       on an Administrator command prompt to set this on a system-wide level (required).[[br]][[br]]
-    2. On POSIX-enabled hosts like '''Linux, Unix or OS X (MacOS)''', open or run a terminal as '''root''' and run
-{{{
-export VBOX_RELEASE_LOG=drv_host_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+drv_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+audio_mixer.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda_codec.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_ac97.e.l.l2.l3.f
-}}}
+    on an Administrator command prompt to set this on a system-wide level (required).[[br]][[br]]
   
-  * Close the Administrator / root terminal
+  * Close the Administrator terminal
   * Open a new terminal as '''regular user'''[[br]][[br]]
-     1. On '''Windows''', verify that the changes were applied correctly be running
+  * verify that the changes were applied correctly be running
 {{{
 echo %VBOX_RELEASE_LOG%
 }}}
-     2. On POSIX-enabled hosts like '''Linux, Unix or OS X (MacOS)''' verify that the changes were applied correctly be running
+  * Start the !VirtualBox Manager.
+ 2. On Linux/OS X/Solaris, stop the !VirtualBox manager and restart it by running the following from a terminal:
 {{{
-env | grep VBOX_RELEASE_LOG
+VBOX_RELEASE_LOG=drv_host_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+drv_audio.e.l.l2.l3.f+audio_mixer.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda_codec.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_hda.e.l.l2.l3.f+dev_ac97.e.l.l2.l3.f VirtualBox
 }}}
-  * Start the !VirtualBox Manager and start the VM you want to diagnose audio for.
-  * Perform and reproduce the audio operation.
+ 3. Start the machine you want to diagnose audio for.
+ 4. Perform and reproduce the audio operation.
 
 '''Important''': The newly created VBox.log log file must contain the line