On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 10:26 AM, jjgaris via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 07:00:12PM +1000, Allan McRae wrote: > > On 07/03/17 18:29, jjgaris via arch-general wrote: > > > Since the update to firefox 52 the audio support has been broken. > > > This seems to be because pulse audio is now a dependency by default in > firefox. > > > However firefox can still be build with ALSA support. > > > > > > Without getting into any dicussion about issues about pulseaudio > itself, I believe it should be possible to use firefox on arch without > being forces to use pulse > > > audio. I am certainly not the only one to have banned this package > from my boxes. And having more choices is certainly a good thing. > > > > > > Not sure this is the right place but I would like to ask to change > back to the old defaults (ALSA). > > > With the old defaults, the user can choose to use pulse audio (or > JACK) or stay with plain ALSA support. > > > > > > > Upstream changed to pulseaudio by default. Arch follows upstream > > > > You can compile firefox yourself to set it being alsa only. > > > > A > > Building firefox takes hours making this not really an option for many > users. > Arch has deviated before from the upstream default, I see no reason why we > should follow upstream by restricting the > choice of the user. > Does a kind soul provide an alternative build of Firefox? I had to remove pulse audio from my system due to a bug, while Alsa works just fine.
