Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:22:44 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Error upgrading Chromium Message-ID: <1358796164.2832.17.camel@precise> In-Reply-To: <CADy1Ce4BEy8kuBeqNCWRLYah8Q9DoodH%2BN368BmH=cOsUDvPgA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADy1Ce4gMkn41gtgo%2B4a30YMee_2wZpDDp-ZyKhQ_3XC=PJA2w@mail.gmail.com> <CADy1Ce4nCNO0JzLe1FzAsXqoQjziZxM3HBa4TsbgsfxO0ThR9w@mail.gmail.com> <1358787076.2832.10.camel@precise> <CADy1Ce4BEy8kuBeqNCWRLYah8Q9DoodH%2BN368BmH=cOsUDvPgA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 10:43 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Ralf Mardorf > <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 08:30 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: > >> I worked around this by reconfiguring the port so that it doesn't use > >> pulseadio, recompiled, and it finished OK. > > > > IIUC Google doesn't like to add pulseaudio and/or jackd support to their > > software. Because you need to be subscribed to Jack devel mailing list > > to read the archive, I copied an Email from another person who also is > > subscribed to this list. > > > > "As a follow up on the original topic the Chromium developers have already > > implemented CRAS. > > > > Their main reason is that they are seeking to minimise energy usage in the > > OS and not latency or audio routing issues as described in the webpage. > > > > Apparently even though Pulseaudio is fine for Palm's/HP's webOS it is not > > good enough for ChromeOS. > > > > I have yet to get to the bottom of how badly they have screwed up JACK > > integration but it is highly likely that ChromeBooks will not be able to > > integrate into a netjack system. > > > > So, I guess we can expect a new round of pissed off audio users > > complaining about the lack of JACK integration with ChromeOS in the coming > > years. > > > > Probably the easiest answer will be for them to stick within their Chrome > > eco system in much the same way that Android users have to now." > > - http://lists.jackaudio.org/private.cgi/jack-devel-jackaudio.org/2013-January/010592.html > > Good to know! > > Since ATM I'm only using Chromium on a netbook (Asus Aspire One - > about 3 years old), and it doesn't have much of an audio system, I'm > not too worked up about it, but I've got a new Dell laptop coming, and > I suppose I'll just have to use one of the other web browsers for > that. I'm not sure if it's an issue for the *NIX browser, or just for a GoogleOS. As far as I know, there's a browser called Chrom and Chromium, but there are also operating systems with this name. So some research still is needed. Regards, Ralf
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