From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 13 18:18:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC79716A4CE for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:18:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from goliath.siemens.de (goliath.siemens.de [192.35.17.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0E4343D53 for ; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:18:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andre.albsmeier@siemens.com) Received: from mail1.siemens.de (mail1.siemens.de [139.23.33.14]) by goliath.siemens.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j2DIIpjj009196; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:18:51 +0100 Received: from mars.cert.siemens.com (mars.cert.siemens.com [139.25.19.9]) by mail1.siemens.de (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j2DIIpSt020248; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:18:51 +0100 Received: from curry.mchp.siemens.de (curry.mchp.siemens.de [139.25.42.7]) mail/cert.mc.pre,v 1.66 2005/02/14 15:55:03 mailadm Exp $) with ESMTP id j2DIIoaL085704; Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:18:50 +0100 (CET) Received: (from localhost) by curry.mchp.siemens.de (8.13.3/8.13.3) id j2DIIoGw052950; Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:18:50 +0100 From: Andre Albsmeier To: Chris Hodgins Message-ID: <20050313181850.GA44908@curry.mchp.siemens.de> References: <20050312134243.65565.qmail@web81708.mail.yahoo.com> <200503122221.35745.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <20050313165848.GA44779@curry.mchp.siemens.de> <423475D5.4050003@cis.strath.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <423475D5.4050003@cis.strath.ac.uk> X-Echelon: S/Key, AWACS, Panama, ABC, 747 X-Advice: Drop that crappy M$-Outlook, I'm tired of your viruses! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i cc: Joshua Tinnin cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Andre Albsmeier cc: James McNaughton Subject: Re: Flash player sound solution X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:18:54 -0000 On Sun, 13-Mar-2005 at 17:18:13 +0000, Chris Hodgins wrote: > Andre Albsmeier wrote: > >On Sat, 12-Mar-2005 at 22:21:35 -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 12 March 2005 05:42 am, James McNaughton > >> wrote: > >> > >>>The Problem: > >>> > >>>Using native Mozilla and > >>>linuxpluginwrapper/linux-flashplugin (on 4.10-stable > >>>et al) to view flash content results in no sound and > >>>occasional Mozilla freezes. > >>> > >>>The Solution: > >>> > >>>Run esd. > >>> > >>>How: > >>> > >>>I was searching the web for the solution, and got > >>>nowhere. There didn't seem to be anyone who had gotten > >>>it to work. Linux mailing lists noted a problem with > >>>file permissions on /dev/snd or /dev/pcm* depending on > >>>the sound system drivers installed. My /dev/pcm* file > >>>permissions were all rw to begin with, so this didn't > >>>help. > >>> > >>>I wondered what device the plugin was actually trying > >>>to access, so I did "strings > >>>/usr/local/lib/linux-flashplugin6/libflashplayer.so" > >>>and found /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer. Nearby in the list > >>>I noticed a few lines relating to esd. From a command > >>>line I started esd and went back to view some content > >>>that had previously frozen Mozilla, and there was > >>>sound coming out my speakers and the browser did not > >>>hang. > >>> > >>>I had long suspected the browser hangs were related to > >>>sound in the flash content. My results seem to confirm > >>>that suspicion. > >> > >>Do you have an example (or two or more) of a page that causes the crash? > >>I'd like to test this on 5.3-R. I know I used to have an email around > >>here somewhere with examples ... > > > > > >Speaking of flashplugin crashes: There is some flash content > >out there which makes my firefox crash (not due to sound but > >for some other reasons). One example is: > > > >http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5961030392 > > > >I'd like to know if other people also experience crashes > >when viewing this page. The flash content isn't obvious > >to find: When the page has opened search for the string > >"Setzen Sie die Andale Gallery". Directly above is the > >flash part. I can only view this page when disabling > >the linux-flashplugin :-( > > > >Thanks, > > > > -Andre > > That worked ok for me without crashing. One site that I know always Hmm, I think the ebay stuff is very dynamic. Maybe there are some local browser settings which influence the output. Did you find the flash content in the page? > crashes my browser is this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ > > Just click on any of the photos there and the new page will load up and > crash. If anyone cares I have attached the backtrace from the crash below. Same here :-(. -Andre