Tim: >> 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. Mark Knoop: > It is unlikely that Firefox is the culprit, more likely that a plugin > is to blame. Good point, unless it's Firefox keeping a plug-in active when it shouldn't. But I think you're right, it's probably more likely that the plug-in is hogging the sound system to itself. > 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? I'll have to try that later. I'm on the wrong PC, and I don't often go to Flash sites, so I don't know of one to test it with, off hand. -- (Currently running FC4, in case that's important to the thread) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
