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03-29-2006	#1 (permalink)
crashandburn0420 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seymour, CT Posts: 581	no sound in firefox I get now sound in firefox...i have netscape-flash plugin but no sound. Video works fine __________________ "All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one, you understand?" -Scarface http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=10943554

04-01-2006	#2 (permalink)
d38dm8nw81k1ng Linux Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Newcastle Posts: 793	you've probably got support for OSS enabled in the kernel and ALSA disabled. you need to recompile the kernel and switch them around, follow this guide:http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/alsa-guide.xml and you should be fine. OSS was the source of all my sound problems too. __________________ Here's why Linux is easier than Windows: Package Managers! Apt-Get and Portage (among others) allow users to install programs MUCH easier than Windows can. Hardware Drivers. In SuSE, ALL the hardware is detected and installed automatically! How is this harder than Windows' constant disc changing and rebooting?

04-15-2006	#3 (permalink)
crashandburn0420 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seymour, CT Posts: 581	no i have it the other way around oss disabled and alsa enabled __________________ "All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one, you understand?" -Scarface http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=10943554

04-18-2006	#4 (permalink)
crashandburn0420 Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Seymour, CT Posts: 581	::bump!!!:: __________________ "All I have in this world is my balls, and my word, and I don't break 'em for no one, you understand?" -Scarface http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=10943554

04-18-2006	#5 (permalink)
bryansmith Linux Guru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: /Ontario/Canada Posts: 2,623	Try installing alsa-oss and then running firefox like so: Code: aoss firefox Bryan __________________ Looking for a distro? Look here. "There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience." - Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason) Queen's University - Arts and Science 2008 (Sociology) Registered Linux User #386147.

04-18-2006	#6 (permalink)
spencerf Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,144	also make sure nothing else is trying to use /dev/dsp when you are in firefox. You can test this by: Code: cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp [will make really annoying noise press ctlr +c to end the pain] __________________ All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. All New Users Read This!!! If you have a grub problem please look at GRUB MANUAL

04-19-2006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bryansmith

Try installing alsa-oss and then running firefox like so:

Code:

aoss firefox

Bryan

doesnt work

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04-19-2006

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spencerf

also make sure nothing else is trying to use /dev/dsp when you are in firefox. You can test this by:

Code:

cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp

[will make really annoying noise press ctlr +c to end the pain]

heres what i got

Quote:

localhost steven # cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
cat: write error: No space left on device

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04-20-2006	#9 (permalink)
spencerf Linux Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 1,144	what about same command but to /dev/sound/dsp so: Code: cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sound/dsp it this works you could try a symbolic link to from /dev/sound/dsp to /dev/dsp __________________ All right, brain. You don't like me and I don't like you, but let's just do this and I can get back to killing you with beer. All New Users Read This!!! If you have a grub problem please look at GRUB MANUAL

04-20-2006	#10 (permalink)
bryansmith Linux Guru Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: /Ontario/Canada Posts: 2,623	How does my solution not work (just curious)? Do you get an error or does firefox still not produce any sound? Bryan __________________ Looking for a distro? Look here. "There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience." - Immanuel Kant (Critique of Pure Reason) Queen's University - Arts and Science 2008 (Sociology) Registered Linux User #386147.