Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:37:42 -0400 From: Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB sound devices with FreeBSD-CURRENT Message-ID: <CAFuo_fwhOs-J-GK8ViY_cyv6%2BmJsKoODK5h7eWW02fspb%2BZ2xw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1vmTv-jxACJNcKRBVLr5V_KEC2fQw4SZ3wTONKgRHfDRQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.121.1599998402.92352.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <ac0c29f6-fa12-4e38-9ffe-03fb2e92865b@www.fastmail.com> <20200915183558.142cce6e@archlinux> <20200915185027.5baf8b53@archlinux> <CAN6yY1vmTv-jxACJNcKRBVLr5V_KEC2fQw4SZ3wTONKgRHfDRQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2020, 2:45 PM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a build of Firefox in progress and see no use of /tmp. Not sure > about what Linux uses tmpfs for, so probably not relevant. > > In any case, Firefox takes about 2.25 hours to build on my 9.5 year old > ThinkPad T520. That is about less than for many ports. Libreoffice takes > about 4 hours and Chromium took over 13 hours the last time I built it. > That was months ago as I have banished it for its egregious data > collection, not to mention over half a day to build. Still, building > Firefox does take time (computer's, not mine) and resources. > > I'm just confused as to what the audio system selection should make a > difference as long as it works for wired audio. I use an external Bluetooth > transmitter for audio out on my old, Bluetooth free laptop, so I am likely > missing something fundamental. > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 9:50 AM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> > wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 18:35:58 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > >disclaimer: My domain is audio, but I'm a Linux power user, so this > > >hint might be useless for FreeBSD. > > > > > >It's possible to compile Firefox with > > > > > > ac_add_options --enable-jack > > > > > >to enable support for the jack sound server. I suspect this should work > > >for FreeBSD, too, but I'm not sure, if it helps as a workaround with > > >your particular issue. > > > > PS: I forget to mention, that in my experiences Firefox failed to build > > in a 3.9G tmpfs (on Linux). It requires much space, at least 1 bit more > > than 3.9G and it takes way longer than compiling a bloated (not > > tailored) Linux kernel. Compiling Firefox takes resources and/or time. > > I believe you want sndio. You could choose pulseaudio if you are using that > on your system. >
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