On 23/01/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-22 at 21:12 -0600, Justin W wrote: > I'm having a problem with my sound every time I use Firefox. From what > I'm able to gather, Firefox is locking my sound device somehow and > will play most of the time while the rest of my system is unable to > make a sound. Just a note to say that you're not alone. I have also had sites that use sound (whether it be part of Flash, or some background racket), make it impossible to play sounds with other applications until you quit Firefox.
It is unlikely that Firefox is the culprit, more likely that a plugin is to blame. The old version of Flash did not use alsa and did tend to hang on to the sound device. Have you installed the new version 9.0.31? What other plugins are you using? -- Mark Knoop
