The Problem: Using native Mozilla and linuxpluginwrapper/linux-flashplugin (on 4.10-stable et al) to view flash content results in no sound and occasional Mozilla freezes.
The Solution: Run esd. How: I was searching the web for the solution, and got nowhere. There didn't seem to be anyone who had gotten it to work. Linux mailing lists noted a problem with file permissions on /dev/snd or /dev/pcm* depending on the sound system drivers installed. My /dev/pcm* file permissions were all rw to begin with, so this didn't help. I wondered what device the plugin was actually trying to access, so I did "strings /usr/local/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so" and found /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer. Nearby in the list I noticed a few lines relating to esd. From a command line I started esd and went back to view some content that had previously frozen Mozilla, and there was sound coming out my speakers and the browser did not hang. I had long suspected the browser hangs were related to sound in the flash content. My results seem to confirm that suspicion. Jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
