Damon Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/12/2001 (13:55) : > Quoth Preben Randhol, > > My little sister is complaining that Galeon doesn't work. I found the > > problem to be that she is playing music with XMMS and entering pages > > that uses flash animation, galeon will hang because flash won't accept > > that it cannot get /dev/dsp. > > > > I was wondering if somebody has some kind of trick so that my sister can > > avoid this problem? > > This is a known bug in mozilla in it's interaction with the flash plugin > (or maybe vice versa). > > Esound, as someone suggested, will not solve the problem. > > The work-around I used to use was just hit pause on xmma for a second > or two, and the browser will continue loading the site normally. The > work-around that I currently use is to remove the flash plugin. > > I know of no other solution. Interestingly, this is the improved > behaviour. Previously, mozilla would not load while the sound device was > in use. Now it's just when it's trying to load the flash plugin when > it's needed. > > BTW, if anyone has a user_pref for mozilla that disables the dialog box > asking if I was to download the flash plugin, I'd love to know about it.
Would dsproxy solve the problem? I found this description, but the link is not working: dsproxy emulates an OSS device that "virtualizes" itself so each UID that opens /dev/dsp gets its own private sound device. URL: http://arjuna.linux-workshop.com/dsproxy/dsproxy-current.tgz preben -- () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. '||} {||' http://www.amnesty.org/
