[SOLVED] No sound in firefox flash

2handband · 06-17-2010, 03:15 PM

I upgraded to a new(er) soundcard this morning on my Slack 13.1 desktop box. I ran alsoconf and got sound working in everything but Firefox flash. It's not specifically a flash problem; flash sound works just fine in Konqueror. It's a Firefox issue. I created the following login script in order to try and force the new card to be recognized as the default:

Code:

bash-4.1$ cat .asoundrc 
pcm. !default {
type hw
card 1
}

ctl. !default {
type hw
card 1
}

Didn't help. Any ideas?

rubentje1991 · 06-18-2010, 07:49 AM

that audio-card is selected as the first one in alsaconf...?
=> you can see that via e.g. Kmix

: if not, firefox doesn't play any sound in webcontent...

Eternal_Newbie · 06-18-2010, 08:48 AM

If sound plays in Flash in other browsers it could be a problem with Firefox.

Also, does

Code:

aplay -l

actually list your new sound card as card 1 ? If not change that ~/.asoundrc to the card it actually is.

2handband · 06-18-2010, 08:59 AM

No, it's not the first... what can I do about it?

Eternal_Newbie · 06-18-2010, 01:13 PM

just change the card number to that of the card you want to output to, "aplay -l" will list all Alsa output devices. But if its only Firefox the sound from Flash doesn't work in, the problem could be something else entirely.

2handband · 06-18-2010, 01:35 PM

Sorry Eternal_Newbie; I was responding to the other guy and somehow missed your first post altogether. The card I want to use IS card 1; setting the above script made the sound work in everything except Firefox. I'm not sure where to proceed from this point; the issue seems limited exclusively to firefox.

wildwizard · 06-18-2010, 03:57 PM

Something to try :-

Move your firefox/mozilla profile directory to a backup location and try starting firefox again.

2handband · 06-18-2010, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildwizard

Something to try :-

Move your firefox/mozilla profile directory to a backup location and try starting firefox again.

Good idea, but it didn't work.

disturbed1 · 06-18-2010, 04:39 PM

Do you have sound in Firefox if you use the oss wrapper?

aoss firefox

This is what I thought was an old bug where Firefox pipes flash output to oss instead of alsa. aoss is a wrapper script that then pipes oss to alsa

2handband · 06-18-2010, 05:20 PM

No joy on that one, either.

2handband · 06-18-2010, 09:30 PM

Okay, this is just great... now I'm not getting flash sound in Konqueror either.

2handband · 06-18-2010, 09:36 PM

Correction... I'm getting sound in some falsh coontent with Konq, but not all. With Firefox I still get none. This is maddening...

2handband · 06-18-2010, 09:44 PM

Fixed the problem in Konq by re-scanning the plugins... still no action in Firefox.

afreitascs · 06-19-2010, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2handband

Fixed the problem in Konq by re-scanning the plugins... still no action in Firefox.

If you start Firefox from the console, could not do it a clue?

2handband · 06-19-2010, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afreitascs

If you start Firefox from the console, could not do it a clue?

I don't follow you...