Pascal via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi, > > I have an ArchLinux installed on a usb disk (eg. "mobile"). > > ~ # uname -r > 5.15.37-1-lts > ~ # pacman -Q | egrep 'alsa|chromium|firefox|mplayer' > alsa-lib 1.2.6.1-1 > alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-1 > alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.6.3-1 > alsa-utils 1.2.6-1 > chromium 101.0.4951.54-1 > firefox 100.0-1 > mplayer 38359-1 > > when it runs on my Dell Latitude E5250, Chromium works without any > difficulty to play a YouTube video for example : the sound is ok (same for > Firefox or Mplayer). > > on the other hand, when it runs on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Chromium > has problems with the sound (which is not the case for Firefox or Mplayer > which both produce sound). > it happens from time to time in this (hardware) environment that Chromium > produces sound and the next moment (simple stop/restart of the browser) it > fails (without anything being done in between) ! > another surprising thing is that if I access a video (zunRcH4nUPI) this way > "chromium https://www.youtube.com/"; (and then click on the desired video) I > often don't get any sound while if I access it this way "chromium > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zunRcH4nUPI"; the sound works ! > > I spent a lot of time trying to understand the problem and looking for a > solution/track on the internet but, having found nothing, I throw a bottle > in the water... > > regards, lacsaP. Can you try cutting down the environment by running chromium within a dedicated X server? That is, run a 2nd, or just one, Xserver, dedicated to chromium. Desirbly, without a desktop environment, and without a window manager either. Just chromium, nothing else. I find chromium very problematic, avoiding it as much as I can. Never the less, I do have to use it from time to time. And I do think diversity is a must have. -- u34
