Firefox on XO

[T Gillett]

I should also mention that sound plays OK in Epiphany on the sites where it
won't play on FF.
So the issue seems to lie with FF...

On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:52 AM, T Gillett <tgillett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I have installed Firefox on the current 13.2.8 build on XO-1.5 and it
> works OK except that there is no sound on some websites.
> Other sites work OK.
>
> This seems to be a known problem:
>     https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803042
>     http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=277040
>     https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/65978/fedora-21-fi
> refox-3603-and-flash-no-sound-system-sound-fine/
>     http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/144395/firefox-
> html5-asoundrc-no-sound
>
> The issue seems to revolve around getting FF to use ALSA for sound, and
> without installing PulseAudio.
>
> I am wondering if anyone using Firefox on XO has encountered and/or solved
> this problem.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help on this.
> Terry
>
> ------------------------
>
> Some sites for testing the audio. Open any of these in a new tab and you
> should hear audio.
>
> 1.    http://student.readingeggs.com//sample_lessons/#/sample/less
> on/6/activity/1
> <http://student.readingeggs.com//sample_lessons/#/sample/lesson/6/activity/2>
> No sound on XO.
>
> 2.    http://vt-motoli.org/CG/cg_03/cg_03.html#l-en
> No sound on XO.
>
> 3.    http://robbbenson.com/01%20Eve.mp3
> Sound OK.
>
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