Re: flash and mozilla (and firefox and epiphany)

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 07/20/04 18:40, Paul Yeatman wrote:

> I'm fairly sure the system is using esd with OSS drivers so this
> could be the difference.  Well, actually, how do I confirm OSS
> drivers? 

While I'm no expert, I can see mine here on this stock kernel:

~$ grep -i oss /boot/config-2.4.25-1-686
CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST=m
CONFIG_SOUND_OSS=m

Just substitute your kernel image config filename.

> I have no idea what 'esdctl unlock' does but I did as you said (got
> a series of increasing pitch tones when I ran 'esd &') but
> got the same result: xmms et al. work fine, while the browser,
> trying to employ the flash plugin, incurably freezes.

My flashplayer finally works w/ sound if I killall esd before visiting a
flash-animated web page.  The freezes are more rare.  But I do not hear 
any sounds from other sources (gaim, for ex.) while the flash animation 
is playing, even with 'esdctl unlock'.

See the thread and my post of July 13  Subject: Re: Still no sound in 
Flash  for more info.

Bottom line, it doesn't look like an issue of oss vs. alsa.

Oh, esd -nobeeps  will be easier on your ears!

Here's my config file if it's any help:

$ cat /etc/esound/esd.conf
[esd]
auto_spawn=1
spawn_options=-terminate -nobeeps -as 5
spawn_wait_ms=100

Regards,
Ralph