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| Message-ID | <6ab2f42d@news.ausics.net> (permalink) |
|---|---|
| From | not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) |
| Subject | Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox |
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox |
| References | <87h5jyeit0.fsf@safunu.org> <117t80m$1lvto$1@dont-email.me> <87v78d8a9v.fsf@safunu.org> <6aac65be@news.ausics.net> <87jyodqqpr.fsf@safunu.org> |
| Date | 2026-09-23 07:33 +1000 |
| Organization | Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net |
Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> wrote: > not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes: >> Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> wrote: >>> My understanding is that Firefox is programmed to speak to >>> PulseAudio, not ALSA, >> >> Actually ALSA support can still be enabled when Firefox is compiled >> by uncommenting "ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa" in >> mozconfig. Unfortunately some distros don't do that when packaging >> Firefox, nor do Mozilla themselves for their own Linux binaries. >> >>> but then apulse reroutes the calls to ALSA and now I don't need >>> pulseaudio or pipewire. >> >> That's probably still easier the compiling Firefox yourself if you >> can't use a package built with ALSA enabled. Although you could try >> asking the Firefox package maintainer for your distro to enable >> ALSA support in their builds. > > Thanks for the all the info. It seems that apulse does it well for me. > I'm good with it. But I don't think Firefox should crash for whatever > reason---as no program should. It could be apulse that's crashing, not Firefox. Since apulse works as a library it could do that. If you want to help the cause of software stability, best contact the apulse developer/s. But I'd argue the real bug is having ALSA support disabled in Firefox in the first place. If you can convince the person who packages Firefox for your distro to enable ALSA support in their builds, then you could cut out this needless complexity entirely. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#
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apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-09 09:00 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox "Stanislav N. aka pztrn" <pztrn@oldproto.invalid> - 2026-09-10 07:27 +0500
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-10 11:39 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-10 03:26 +0000
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-10 11:13 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-14 23:12 +0000
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox R Daneel Olivaw <Danni@hyperspace.vogon.gov.invalid> - 2026-09-16 18:38 +0200
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-16 12:23 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-17 04:13 +0000
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 11:54 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-09-18 08:12 +1000
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 11:57 -0300
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-09-23 07:33 +1000
Re: apulse firefox crashes firefox Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-09-22 20:24 -0300
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