Re: Progress on the Alpha distribution at debian-ports

[Michael Cree <mcree@orcon.net.nz>]

On 13/02/2012, at 10:56 AM, Bob Tracy wrote:
> > [2] Provided that you do not use pulseaudio.  If pulseaudio is  
> > running
> > with a newer kernel then iceweasel will crash and will be unuseable.
>
> This is that #$%@! pulseaudio mutex bug we can't seem to get anyone to
> fix.  There *is* a documented workaround: see Debian bug #649641.
> Unfortunately, this *does* require building the pulseaudio package  
> from
> source.

I've found the bug --- it's in the kernel.  If you are building your  
own kernel then try the attached patch.  It should fix the pulseaudio  
problem (and probably some others as well).  The patch is needed for  
any kernels since 2.6.39 and has not been sent upstream yet.

Cheers
Michael.

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