From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 16:58:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D5716A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:58:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from david.siemens.de (david.siemens.de [192.35.17.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DA6B43D2D for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:58:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andre.albsmeier@siemens.com) Received: from mail2.siemens.de (mail2.siemens.de [139.25.208.11]) by david.siemens.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j2DGwn2q010007; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:58:49 +0100 Received: from mars.cert.siemens.com (mars.cert.siemens.com [139.25.19.9]) by mail2.siemens.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j2DGwnxx021262; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:58:49 +0100 Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) mail/cert.mc.pre,v 1.66 2005/02/14 15:55:03 mailadm Exp $) with ESMTP id j2DGwmB2094519; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:58:48 +0100 (CET) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.13.3/8.13.3) id j2DGwmNU052764; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:58:48 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Joshua Tinnin Message-ID: <20050313165848.GA44779@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20050312134243.65565.qmail@web81708.mail.yahoo.com> <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> X-Echelon: eavesdropping, 15kg, STARLAN, United, anarchy X-Advice: Drop that crappy M$-Outlook, I'm tired of your viruses! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: James McNaughton cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash player sound solution X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:58:51 -0000 On Sat, 12-Mar-2005 at 22:21:35 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Saturday 12 March 2005 05:42 am, James McNaughton > wrote: > > 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. > > Do you have an example (or two or more) of a page that causes the crash? > I'd like to test this on 5.3-R. I know I used to have an email around > here somewhere with examples ... Speaking of flashplugin crashes: There is some flash content out there which makes my firefox crash (not due to sound but for some other reasons). One example is: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5961030392 I'd like to know if other people also experience crashes when viewing this page. The flash content isn't obvious to find: When the page has opened search for the string "Setzen Sie die Andale Gallery". Directly above is the flash part. I can only view this page when disabling the linux-flashplugin :-( Thanks, -Andre