I tried Noam's suggestion below but it did not help. I did not have an /etc/firefox/firefoxrc file, so I created it as described below. I restarted firefox, but flash still di not work. /dev/dsp was fine. Again sound works fine in all my other media apps.
Any more suggestions? Thanks, -tom On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Noam Rathaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I seen this behavior which is caused by ALSA configuration not being used > by > the flash player, make sure: > > 1) In /etc/firefox/firefoxrc > FIREFOX_DSP="aoss" > > 2) /dev/dsp is there > > if not > cd /dev > sudo ./MAKEDEV audio > > > These two solved it for me. > > On Monday 18 February 2008 15:31:13 Tom Rosenfeld wrote: > > I am having trouble with sound not working in flash. E.g. Youtube videos > > play video fine but there is no sound. Web searches show others are > having > > the same trouble, usually with older versions of the plugin, but I have > not > > seen any real solutions. Reading the web leads me to conclude that maybe > I > > need to change some ALSA setting, but I have no idea where to start. > > > > Sound seems to work fine in other applications (e.g. vlc, mplayer)). > Here > > is my config: > > > > CentOS 4 64 bit > > Firefox 2, 32 bit > > Flash plugin 9,0,115,0 > > > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > -tom > > 054-244-8025 > > > > -- > Noam Rathaus > CTO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.beyondsecurity.com > > "Know that you are safe." > > Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 > -- -tom 054-244-8025
