| Stephen Gran on 2 Aug 2006 13:54:53 -0000 |
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:23:27AM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said: > The script that launches mozilla browser has in it the line > > fuser /dev/dsp 2>&1 | sed -e 's#^/dev/dsp:##' > > I'm not sure why my web browser needs to know about sound, but I'm > more curious why "fuser /dev/dsp" would not return when I execute it. > Executing it as root makes no difference. /etc/mozilla/mozillarc:MOZILLA_DSP is probably set to auto, and mozilla is attempting to figure out if a sound daemon has /dev/dsp open. Browsers need sound like fish need pancakes, but some people want it, apparently. To modify this behavior, either dpkg-reconfigure mozilla-browser, edit the file yourself, or just copy it to ~/.mozillarc. Your choices for the DSP option are apparently Choices: auto, esddsp, artsdsp, rplaydsp, none (taken from /var/lib/dpkg/info/mozilla-browser.templates) On a side note, mozilla-browser is dead upstream. It's time to find a new favorite browser. As to why fuser hangs, I have no idea - strace will probably tell you better than I can guess. That sounds like a bug worth reporting. Take care, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Shaw's Principle: Build a system that | | steve@lobefin.net | even a fool can use, and only a fool | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | will want to use it. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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