# VM guests no sound on Proxmox

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**Category:** Homelab\
**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/vm-guests-no-sound-on-proxmox/3270 "2023-11-06T00:01:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fstop](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Fstop](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Fstop)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/vm-guests-no-sound-on-proxmox/3270/1 "2023-11-06T00:01:31Z")

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Wondering if Proxmox is gd for just trying different Linux Distros? So far sound on the guest vms just doesn’t work for me. Is access to Proxmox Forum a paid access forum? Anyone else have trouble getting sound to work in their proxmox VMs? I’m a VM noob.

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**Author:** ![ThatGuyB](https://community.learnlinux.tv/user_avatar/community.learnlinux.tv/thatguyb/32/784_2.png) [@ThatGuyB](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/ThatGuyB)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/vm-guests-no-sound-on-proxmox/3270/2 "2023-11-06T12:10:19Z")

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Using the proxnox noVNC gui will not allow you to play sound. You need a remote sound playback device, like windows has in RDP, but I’m not aware of anything like that in linux.

The proxmox forums are for people with subscription to proxmox.

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**Author:** ![Fstop](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Fstop](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Fstop)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 5:32am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/vm-guests-no-sound-on-proxmox/3270/3 "2023-11-27T05:32:48Z")

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VDI ques:  
Trying to follow this tutorial to setup my proxmox PC as a standalone work station server? Also this VDI solution offers a solution to ‘no sound in Proxmox VMs’ . First question, is can I use xfce chromium lightdm instead of installing Debian LXDE? 2nd ques. is does the dm have to be installed first & then Proxmox or can I install the dm from proxmox root shell: apt-get install xfce chromium lightdm

[![](https://community.learnlinux.tv/uploads/default/original/2X/9/965aac66e0aad44b7af5dc3604d50dbee8954499.jpeg "PROXMOX VDI Client - A Better Approach to Thin Clients for Proxmox") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLatrZBFQrw)

FYI, finally I was able to register as a unsubscribed Proxmox forum member, just trying to get access to ques. topics so I could expand read replies in their entirety. Seems there is a non member forum.