On Tue 17 Jul 2018 at 19:57:50 (+0200), 70147pers...@telia.com wrote:
> Den 2018-07-12 kl. 00:37, skrev Ric Moore:
>
> >On 2018-07-11 at 18:38, Kent West wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 2:31 AM, <70147pers...@telia.com wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I get no sound. After reinstalling Stretch a couple of months
> >ago, the computer is silent.
> >
> >
> > May be completely unrelated...
> >
> > Since upgrading to the 4.16.16-2 kernel, anytime I reboot my PC I
> >boot into a soundless environment, with my sound system reporting
> >my sound device as the "Dummy Sound Device" (or something
> >similar). I can "sudo kill [timidity's PID]", and that's restores
> >my sound.
> >
> > As I understand it, Timidity is taking exclusive hold of some
> >audio file (/dev/sound ?) early in the boot process which prevents
> >other apps (Pulse, ALSA, etc) from using that file.
> >
> > FWIW.
> >
> > --
> > Kent West
> > Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
>
> >On 07/11/2018 03:31 AM, 70147pers...@telia.com wrote:
> >
> >>So is there anyone who can give hints about what I have missed so far?
> >
> >I hate to suggest this on the Debian list, but I installed
> >Ubuntu-Studio to a separate partition which gives you fully
> >functional jack and a real-time kernel to do your studio work
> >with. Pretty darn fast, found my midi in no time and was up and
> >running without the usual beating your head on the keyboard in
> >frustration.
> >
> >I be stupid, ...so I like it simple. Ric
> >
>
> Thank you Kent and Ric...
> ... for your efforts to solve my sound problems. I did stop
> Timidity, but no, it had no effect. Neither did a reboot. Your hint,
> Ric, to try Ubuntu, well I have not tried that, yet. It was many
> years ago I left that distribution after there decision regarding
> the desktop software Unity. After that Mint (LMDE) for a couple of
> years until I decided to take the full step over to Debian, where I
> am now, and has no plans to leave. OK, your suggestion was to have
> it on a separate partition, but unfortunately I have no left. All
> four primary partitions are occupied by other projects I have and
> have had. Well an partition in the extended one could certainly do,
> but, well, I have not tested yet.
>
> But when examining my programmes I got what I wanted from
> Frescobaldi with LilyPond, and also from Denemo. Both of them are
> connected via Timidity. If also Ardour will work I have not tested
> yet. VLC is working fine, but never Firefox.
>
> So I started reading on a support site for Firefox, and found a
> sentence saying that from version 53, you have to use PulseAudio for
> all sound in Firefox. It was like a stab into my back. So, what is
> this? I get a feeling of Microsoft: "Now we are so big that we
> decide what the people can use and do". Has Firefox become so big?
Does this sentence imply that you're running FF53, or are you just
making this comment as an aside? I can only see FF52.9 in the 87
Debian packages matching "firefox".
> Nothing else, I love Firefox, and appreciate really the work all
> these volunteers are doing, but if I cannot get sound from that
> programme the way I prefer, I feel I am forced to look for another
> browser.
>
> Anyone who knows a way to bypass the announced limitations?
Disclaimer: I'm not running a 4.16.16-2 kernel.
I have no difficulty playing sound on FF52.9, a MIDI file on
audacious, an MP4 video on mplayer, and a youtube video on another
instance of FF running as a different user, all at the same time.
(OK, it's complete cacophony.)
I only have ALSA installed: pulseaudio has always seemed to put more
obstacles in the way rather than being of any help.
The timidity daemon is also running
755 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/timidity -Os -iAD
but AFAIK it's not involved in all that's going on. I'd like to
test that it's performing whatever rôle it's meant to have, so
I'd be interested to know what additional command to run.
I don't have any MIDI hardware (like keyboards) if that's
required. I use LP and have run Fresco but don't routinely use
it. I haven't tried Denemo as LP does all I want (AFAIK).
I don't know how audacious is dealing with the MIDI file.
As for announced limitations, Debian compile FF52.9 thus:
firefox-esr (52.0.1esr-1) experimental; urgency=medium
* New upstream release.
* Fix for mfsa2017-08, also known as CVE-2017-5428.
* debian/browser.mozconfig.in: Build with --enable-alsa. Closes: #857281.
-- Mike Hommey <gland...@debian.org> Sat, 18 Mar 2017 08:27:13 +0900
so I suppose others could do the same for themselves (but keep a
lookout for subsequent security fixes).
Cheers,
David.
