I just created a new ubuntu 9.10 VM with Fusion 3 on a MBP 3.1. It works fantastically well -- seamless windows appear nicer and faster than any windows version that I've tried.

But, when I tried to play an MP3 file with the rhythmbox music player, it played ~60x fast-- a 3 min song finished at ultrasonic squirrel speeds in 3 sec.

I'll try another music player, but internet radio in RB seemed chopped too.

Otherwise, it's Ubuntu 9.10 is so nice I'm tempted to switch to it and run VMware workstation to host windows.....

Same here, with Ubuntu 9.10 and Fusion 3: BTW, the sound problem was also present with the respective beta releases of Ubuntu and Fusion.

Getting rid of pulse audio fixed sound here. Thanks!

Hmmm. My system sounds seem to be working OK with a default install of 9.10 + VMware Tools. Is it just in playing full MP3 files, etc. that the issues show up?

So, essentially it looks like this is something that must be solved in the (not too) long term on the VMware Fusion side (as PulseAudio is going to stay there on the Ubuntu side)...?

P.S.: I've just tried Ubuntu 9.10 in the newly released Parallels Desktop 5 (trial), and there sound - and thus PulseAudio - works as expected right form the beginning: so it shouldn't be too difficult to fix it also in Fusion.