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 at 22:29 -0800, DG wrote: > 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 not hear any > sound from the video as OSS has taken over /dev/dsp) > 5) while the video is playing, stop xmms (not pause) > 6) press back on browser > 7) crash! > > I solved this problem by setting *everything* to use alsa. It seems as > though flash (which, for me, uses alsa) does not play nice with OSS. > > D. > > > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 02:33 +0000, Drew Woodard wrote: > > @Kevin Titus > > I don't expect a response to this but I want to say that having "a bunch of > > separate windows and run various combinations of different Flash videos" > > may not be the most revealing test. > > > > I have always been able to have lots of flash windows open at the same > > time. The problem I am having, along with many other people, only > > occurs when the last instance of flash is closed. As I mentioned > > earlier in this bug report if I have flash loaded somewhere in the > > background, either in another browser or another tab, I can do anything > > with flash and it won't crash me. The only time the crash was occurring > > was when I close or navigate away-from the only thing using flash. > > -- flashplugin-nonfree causes browser crash on close https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/114363 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
