And make a package for firefox-esr[1]? It could maintain the ALSA support and plugins support. [1]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/ 2017-03-07 16:14 GMT+01:00 jjgaris via arch-general < arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 04:00:18PM +0100, Carlchristian Eckert wrote: > > As a workaround, have you tried using apulse? It is a pulseaudio > emulation > > for ALSA. Some time ago, I used it successfully to run Skype (which also > > depends on pulseaudio) without having pulseaudio installed. > > > > I was just experimenting with that and while the warning message > disappered when run with apulsse, the sound does not > work unfortunately. > > > > > Am 07.03.2017 um 10:49 schrieb SanskritFritz via arch-general: > > > 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. > -- Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me
