Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:31:17 +0000 From: Chris Hodgins <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> To: Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@siemens.com> Cc: James McNaughton <jtmcnaughton@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Flash player sound solution Message-ID: <423486F5.9050008@cis.strath.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20050313181850.GA44908@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20050312134243.65565.qmail@web81708.mail.yahoo.com> <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <20050313165848.GA44779@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <423475D5.4050003@cis.strath.ac.uk> <20050313181850.GA44908@curry.mchp.siemens.de>
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Andre Albsmeier wrote: > On Sun, 13-Mar-2005 at 17:18:13 +0000, Chris Hodgins wrote: > >>Andre Albsmeier wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 12-Mar-2005 at 22:21:35 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Saturday 12 March 2005 05:42 am, James McNaughton >>>><jtmcnaughton@yahoo.com> 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 >> >>That worked ok for me without crashing. One site that I know always > > > Hmm, I think the ebay stuff is very dynamic. Maybe there are > some local browser settings which influence the output. > Did you find the flash content in the page? Yes. I found it and clicked on a few things and it seemed to be ok. > > >>crashes my browser is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ >> >>Just click on any of the photos there and the new page will load up and >>crash. If anyone cares I have attached the backtrace from the crash below. > > > Same here :-(. > > -Andre > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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