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Author: Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
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To: dng
Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] firefox-esr: no sound after dist-upgrade
Subject: Re: [DNG] firefox-esr: no sound after dist-upgrade [solution]
Am Freitag, 14. September 2018 schrieb Dr. Nikolaus Klepp:
> Am Donnerstag, 13. September 2018 schrieb golinux@???:
> > On 2018-09-13 14:08, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > I just did a dist-upgrade on my ascii box. Unfortunately firefox-esr
> > > was upgraded to 60.2.0. Pulseaudio is installed - it was also needed
> > > for the last version. But firefox 60.2.0 does not play any sound, e.g.
> > > youtube and vimeo are silent. Does anybody know how to get the sound
> > > working again?
> > >
> > > Nik
> >
> > Isn't that where pulseaudio became mandatory?
>
> Yes. But with or without pulseaudio: firefox is silent.
>
> Nik
>


Ok, found a solution:
- purge all pulseaudio-stuff
- install apulse
- start firefox with "apulse firefox"
- sound working again :-)

Nik



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