FireFox requires PulseAudio for sound; how to install?

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bigpup · #16 Post by **bigpup** » Wed 22 Mar 2017, 23:52

RickGT351,

Try OscarTalks pet only.

What version of Puppy?

Have you tried to install PulseAudio?

If yes.

Do not have PulseAudio installed.

Only install OscarTalks pet.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 398#947398

Sylvander · #17 Post by **Sylvander** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 11:42

OscarTalks wrote:...try installing this apulse package
http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/apulse-0.1.8-i686-wz.pet
Then just run Firefox as normal.
Just a library so no need to start and stop daemons.
Compiled in Wheezy but tested briefly and worked in Slacko 5.7

Was running Slacko-5.7.0-pae->Firefox-52.0, and getting no sound [in youtube videos].
Installed the above .pet, and now I get sound.

artsown · #18 Post by **artsown** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 20:58

The 64 bit apulse pet was also useful for getting audio on Firefox 52
in FATDOG 710 (which requires GTK3 to support Firefox). FATDOG doesn't
use pets but it offers to extract them. Then the three .SO files are copied
to the lib64 folder.

Art

RickGT351 · #19 Post by **RickGT351** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 21:32

Precise 5.7.1
Update I figured out why pulse audio wasn't working but got these grumpy comments too. Also no sound

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# pulseaudio --system
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-exit not set!
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, but --disallow-module-loading not set!
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling SHM mode!
N: [pulseaudio] main.c: Running in system mode, forcibly disabling exit idle time!
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Home directory of user 'root' is not '/var/run/pulse', ignoring.
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: OK, so you are running PA in system mode. Please note that you most likely shouldn't be doing that.
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: If you do it nonetheless then it's your own fault if things don't work as expected.
W: [pulseaudio] main.c: Please read http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/WhatIsWrongWithSystemMode for an explanation why system mode is usually a bad idea.
W: [pulseaudio] module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect!

RickGT351 · #20 Post by **RickGT351** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 23:30

bigpup wrote:RickGT351,

Try OscarTalks pet only.

What version of Puppy?

Have you tried to install PulseAudio?

If yes.

Do not have PulseAudio installed.

Only install OscarTalks pet.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 398#947398

Precise 5.7.1
Installed the pet, now can't play youtube videos at all. Looks like I will need to do some more experimentation

Semme · #21 Post by **Semme** » Thu 23 Mar 2017, 23:38

Remove Pulse.

bigpup · #22 Post by **bigpup** » Fri 24 Mar 2017, 04:02

As Semme says.

Make sure to remove PulseAudio.
Reboot.
Before installing the pet.

Do Not Have PulseAudio Installed.

If both are installed.
Uninstall both.
Reboot.
Install only OscarTalks pet.

If this is what you have done, than tell us?

RickGT351 · #23 Post by **RickGT351** » Fri 24 Mar 2017, 13:38

Precise 5.7.1
Success! Started a newsavefile, installed the latest Firefox, downladed and installed http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/apulse-0.1.8-i686-wz.pet
Now have youtube with sound.
Thanks guys

RickGT351 · #24 Post by **RickGT351** » Fri 24 Mar 2017, 22:30

Have just noticed. While I have sound and video, I can no longer comment on youtube. JOFTAA

Semme · #25 Post by **Semme** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 01:09

Is this with or without Flash installed?

artsown · #26 Post by **artsown** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 12:25

A note on browsers that use Firefox code:

Seamonkey 2.49a1 (nightly) is the first version that doesn't have audio,
and it corresponds to Firefox 50. The apulse pet fixes the issue as
expected.

Browsers such as cyberfox will also most probably lack audio after
updating, and they should respond to the apulse solution.

casePup337 · #27 Post by **casePup337** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 13:17

I know this is to get Firefox working but Firefox seems to need more work than the recent Palemoon version. Lately im using sites with JW-player(for movie sites) , flash-players(youtube), and adobe-flash(even Spotify-web) all are working well. What took the cake for me, was getting Firefox to even notice the adobe flash install, i finally got it working in Palemoon(27.2.0-32bit) and moved on! Palemoon comes with some Puppies, and its almost just like Firefox, isn't it? thanks..

Semme · #28 Post by **Semme** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 14:23

It's similar >> "What are the differences with Firefox?"

casePup337 · #29 Post by **casePup337** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 14:36

Thanks! I think the getflash-1.6.1.pet fixed some browser issues for me. I have more space for all my libs and dependency tweaking without Firefox now, but isn't their a fix for pulse audio in the new Firefox52? try newest flash install.

casePup337 · #30 Post by **casePup337** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 14:42

oops!

Thanks Semme! As you can tell, im new to quoting..Also learning how to talk on forums, besides gaming forums..
This is what link I was thinking of pertaining to Pulse audio!

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.c ... id=1345661

Semme · #31 Post by **Semme** » Sat 25 Mar 2017, 15:34

You only need to quote when it's relevant, and then, selectively.

Mike Walsh · #32 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Sun 26 Mar 2017, 00:31

Interestingly, I've just tried out FF52 in Tahr 6.05 (32-bit).....and have sound straight away in FireFox, without needing to install Oscar's 'aPulse' .pet.

Mind you, this could be because I already have the PulseAudio sound server installed in Tahr, as part of watchdog's 'workaround' for getting video-calling working in Skype..... That's why I've tried FF52 in Tahr; to see if it would work straight away.....even though I'm not an FF user in general.

Curiosity killed the cat, so they say.....

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 153#892153

Still can't persuade NetFlix to work, though. It works OOTB in 64-bit FF52......

Weird. And that's despite using my own documented 'workaround' from here:-

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=108334

And having said that, I now find that as of Wednesday this week, you no longer even need to spoof the user-agent in Linux for FF. NetFlix just works.....because they've finally added Linux support for FireFox.

Mike.

RickGT351 · #33 Post by **RickGT351** » Sun 26 Mar 2017, 23:34

With

Update: Installed the latest Flash from Adobe website. Can now write comments in youtube

Semme wrote:Is this with or without Flash installed?

Mike Walsh · #34 Post by **Mike Walsh** » Thu 30 Mar 2017, 16:00

As a carry-over from my previous post, I've just installed FF52 in Precise 571, along with Oscar's aPulse .pet.....and everything's behaving itself. Even NetFlix, would you believe!

From what I understand, NetFlix are supposed to have made a few changes at some point last week, which means that all you need to do for watching stuff in 32-bit FF is to enable DRM in Preferences->'Content' (and install aPulse for the sound.)

I'm still using the agent-switcher, though. Doesn't appear to be having any adverse effects....

So there we are. NetFlix in 32-bit FF52 at long last..!

Mike.

Bud · #35 Post by **Bud** » Sat 01 Apr 2017, 17:00

Semme wrote:Remove Pulse.

Just revisited this and on the latest Tahrpup/Fx52.2 this was the fix.
Many thanks Semme and OscarTalks for the pet .. http://smokey01.com/OscarTalks/apulse-0.1.8-i686-wz.pet
Marked my other thread Solved

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FireFox requires PulseAudio for sound; how to install?

Had same issue! See you later for now, Firefox52(deleted)

Intersting forum read at bugzilla site