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Problem with sound and the flash plugin in firefox

Bug #45803 reported by Nicolas DERIVE
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firefox (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

This afternoon I could read flash content in firefox with sounds into (like radioblogs...) and now It doesn't work anymore. I try to reinstall firefox and the plugin, but nothing change. What could I do ?

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delvalle26 (bassaf) wrote :

If you install alsa-oss, then launch firefox from a terminal or alt+f2 with

aoss firefox

does the problem go away (make sure firefox isn't already running)

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Nicolas DERIVE (kalon33) wrote :

Yes it works ! But how can I do this automatically when I click on a link for exemple ?

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Emilian Bold (emilianb) wrote :

After installing the flash plugin I've also noticed no sound (rhythmbox etc worked, just no flash).

The aoss trick works but feels wrong to start firefox like that.

Is this a problem with the flash plugin or firefox ?

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Luca Gervasio (gervasio) wrote :

Ok, you can use this trick:
1) open a terminal ;
2) sudo gedit /etc/firefox/firefoxrc ;
3) substitute FIREFOX_DSP="none" with "FIREFOX_DSP="aoss"

In this way you don't need to digit "aoss firefox" everytime you yse the browser.

Ciao!

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Luca Gervasio (gervasio) wrote :

I forgot: before using my trick, you have to install alsa-oss.

Ciao!

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Dave Tapley (davetapley) wrote :

Indentified the same problem in 6.06 LTS.

firefoxrc edit resolves issue.

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Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez) wrote :

You can also just edit the menu entry of firefox and append "aoss" to the start of the command name. That is, instead of "firefox %u" use "aoss firefox %u".

By the way, this bug is widely confirmed.

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Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez) wrote :

Widely confirmed, although the bug may be in flash rather than in firefox.

Changed in firefox:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Michael R. Head (burner) wrote :

Another possible solution from the terminal:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libesd.so.0 /usr/lib/libesd.so.1

The flash plugin attempts to load the ESD library through the wrong filename.

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