@Derp
Just gave it a try. Removed the alsa-oss modules by hand. Flash still
freezes. For me it does not freeze when I play some sound in Skype for
example, but when I close the tap that contains the flash file I had
running while playing some sound in flash, then firefox freezes.
I'll test it furt
@derp
Sounds like you have found the source of the problem to me. I'll give it
a try also and report back!
I suppose you don't really need to recompile alsa for this fix. You just
need to make sure the oss compatibility layer modules are not loaded.
The modules seem to get loaded from within /etc
Update to previous solution: I would still get crashes once in a blue
moon when something would take over /dev/dsp. Thus, I decided to
recompile alsa(1.0.16) without oss support; have not had a firefox crash
since.
The only drawback is no OSS, which isn't an issue for me.
D.
On Wed, 2008-01-09
This, at least for me, is a sound issue; more specifically an alsa vs
oss issue.
I can replicate the crash with the following steps:
1) open xmms
2) play arbitrary mp3 (using the OSS output driver "libOSS")
3) open new instance of firefox
4) go to youtube.com and play random video (you should no
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [rev50 ]: VIA686A - VIA 82C686A/B rev50
VIA 82C686A/B rev50 with ALC200,200P at 0xa000,
irq 10
This is the sound card on the server. The sound cards on the clients
don't matter, as no sound is exported to them and the f
This is what I have on my Laptop:
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
This is what my LTSP server is equipped with:
00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686
AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
