On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:58:50 -0700, Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ->>In response to your message<<- > --received from Wim De Smet-- > > > > On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:04:27 -0700, Paul Yeatman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi again. I'm responding to my own post. It wasn't until today, weeks > > > after my original post, that I got more clues as to is going on > > > concerning flash causing Mozilla to freeze on my Debian Sarge system. > > > The problem appears to be with esd. Esd (appears to be ) used by > > > default by gnome and is started--esd -nobeeps--when you log in. This > > > works fine with everything: xmms, xine, etc. The only case in which it > > > doesn't work is when the flash plugin is invoked from a web browser. > > > The animation will soon stop and the browser is toast. I feel > > > fortunate today to discover that if esd is first killed before > > > going to a website running flash, the flash runs fine albeit without > > > sound. If "auto_spawn=0" is changed to "1" in /etc/esound/esd.conf and > > > any esd processes are first killed, going to a flash website will > > > automatically start an esd process and flash will play normally (with > > > sound!) but then nothing else, such as xmms, will work until the flash > > > completes and the esd processes automatically completes (after 5 > > > seconds in my case). This kinda defeats the point of esd, doesn't it? > > > Can anyone help me out with what is going on here? As all other > > > audio/video applications I run simultaneously use the inital esd > > > process started by gnome, why can't flash? Should I force gnome to use > > > something other than esd? > > > > This is, actually, a known problem. Do dpk-reconfigure -plow > > mozilla-browser and you will get an option asking you to choose a > > wrapper for esd. It is explained there that the plugin locks /dev/dsp > > which causes esd to hang. So choose a wrapper here and the problem > > *should* be resolved. > > Hmmmm. Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you said and changed > my initial selection "esddsp" to "auto". Start esd, 'esd &'. > Start mozilla. Go to a flash site; Freezes. I then set it back > to esddsp just to test it again. Same thing. I also tried > "artdsp" and flash runs and without killing my browser but no sound. > Same thing with "none" as would be expected. So . . . not sure what to > say :) >
Strange thing. There might be a bug there. I haven't got this problem for a long time now though, but I'm currently not running esd apparently (did this go away in 2.6? I don't remember disabling it) and I use alsa with OSS emulation. greets, Wim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
