TigerVNC server on Ubuntu 22.04 logs errors - how to block ALSA?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:17 AM Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have just completed setting up TigerVNC on my Ubuntu 22.04 laptop using
> instructions from here:
> https://bytexd.com/how-to-install-configure-vnc-server-on-ubuntu/
>
> I am using the RealVNC client on Windows 10 for access.
>
> When I enable the VNC service on my Ubuntu device it starts logging a lot of
> errors without even anyone connecting.
>
> The connection itself seems to work fine, though, so I did not see this until I
> inspected the ~/.vnc directory on the Linux side.
> There is a log file that grows very fast and contains loads of log lines
> regarding ALSA.
> It starts out as shown below, what can I do to fix it?
> I do NOT need audio over VNC at all so I would like to switch off whatever is
> causing this.
>
> It goes on-and-on and the file grows very fast.

I don't see any bugs about TigerVNC or ALSA at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate .

There are 3 closed issues at TigerVNC when searching for ALSA. None of
them look interesting:
https://github.com/TigerVNC/tigervnc/issues?q=is%3Aissue+ALSA .

Maybe you should report the problem.

Out of curiosity, does the user bosse have the audio group on the
Ubuntu machine?

Jeff