I've been setting up remote stations using USB devices but fucking Pulse Audio won't detect them correctly.
First, wipe out your pulse configuration files in .config/pulsle and volume/.config/pulse
Then edit /etc/pulse/default.pa and add the following lines, hw:1,0 is my USB card. You can see this using aplay -l
load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0
.ifexists module-udev-detect.so
Reboot and have fun.
I've been setting up an old laptop so that I can use it with my new radio as a remote station.
Latest Kubuntu uses fucking useless Wayland so VNC doesn't work well. TightVNC fails to start up anything useful so forcing X11 is a necessity.
This is a good solution. Found it on Reddit.# install x11vnc
sudo apt install x11vnc
# set a VNC password. VNC security is lacking, so this is optional.
sudo x11vnc -storepasswd /etc/x11vnc.passwd
# follow the prompts to create a password and then lock down the password file.
sudo chmod 0400 /etc/x11vnc.passwd
# would be nice if there was an service created for x11vnc, but there isn't so create one.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc.service
# paste the following text block into into /etc/systemd/system/x11vnc.service
# If you are NOT using a password, then remove this section: -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.passwd
[Unit]
Description=Start x11vnc
After=multi-user.target display-manager.service
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/x11vnc -display :0 -forever -rfbport 5900 -xkb -noxrecord -noxfixes -noxdamage -nomodtweak -repeat -shared -norc -auth /var/run/sddm/* -rfbauth /etc/x11vnc.passwd'
# For KDE ONLY, include the "Restart" and "RestartSec" commands, otherwise you could just use "-loop" but that is busted since at least kubuntu 18.04
# This was added because logging out killed the x11vnc session even though "-loop -forever" was enabled.
# NOTE: In order to use this, make sure "-loop" switch is not used above!!
# NOTE: While vnc client will disconnect, at least the vncserver will restart itself to client can connect again.
Restart=always
RestartSec=1
ExecStop=/usr/bin/killall x11vnc
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
# reload systemd with the brand new x11vnc service file
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# start x11vnc service so you can use it now
sudo systemctl start x11vnc
# enable x11vnc to start at boot so you can use it later
sudo systemctl enable x11vnc