no sound in firefox

**crashandburn0420** · 03-29-2006

I get now sound in firefox...i have netscape-flash plugin but no sound. Video works fine

**d38dm8nw81k1ng** · 04-01-2006

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.

**crashandburn0420** · 04-15-2006

no i have it the other way around oss disabled and alsa enabled

**crashandburn0420** · 04-18-2006

::bump!!!::

**bryansmith** · 04-18-2006

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

Code:

aoss firefox

Bryan

**spencerf** · 04-18-2006

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]

**crashandburn0420** · 04-19-2006

Originally Posted by bryansmith

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

Code:

aoss firefox

Bryan

doesnt work

**crashandburn0420** · 04-19-2006

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

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

**spencerf** · 04-20-2006

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

**bryansmith** · 04-20-2006

How does my solution not work (just curious)? Do you get an error or does firefox still not produce any sound?

Bryan

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