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Re: [PLUG] Flash 9 Ubuntu audio problem solved
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OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 16:44 -0500, Alex Launi wrote:
> That's strange, I havn't had a single issue with flash 9 and audio, or
> flash 9 at all. Did I somehow get lucky? -Alex
>
> Bill Jonas wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I know it's been a while since I've posted here, but I just wanted to
> > share a solution to a problem with you. I actually hadn't asked for
> > help on this, but I figured that it would be good to share, since Google
> > didn't know the answer to my question. PLUG should have enough Google
> > juice for this. :-)
> >
> > Situation
> > =========
> > Sound in Flash 7 was out of sync (I think that part of the
> > problem is ALSA vs. OSS.), and nothing I'd tried worked. I was really
> > excited, therefore about the Flash 9 beta, but audio didn't work at
> > *all*, period. If I ran gflashplayer from an xterm, it would go for a
> > while, and then I'd get these three error messages repeated over and
> > over, in sequence (taken from the final release, but the beta was very
> > similar):
> >
> > ALSA lib pcm_direct.c:187:(make_local_socket) socket failed: Too many open files
> > ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:894:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to connect client
> > ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:1355:(_snd_pcm_hw_open) Invalid value for card
> >
> > I figured it was a problem with the beta and that it would be sorted out
> > in the final release, but the final release exhibited the same problem.
> >
> > Also, mpg321 had started acting up. The sound was distorted: The pitch
> > was a few notes too high, and the tempo was too fast. I didn't realize
> > that these problems were related. mpg123 still worked fine, though, so
> > I just made do with that.
> >
> > Environment
> > ===========
> > Sound card: SoundBlaster Live! value (emu10k1 chipset, snd_emu10k1 ALSA
> > module)
> > Distribution: Ubuntu Edgy, upgraded from Dapper (Kubuntu desktop,
> > actually). I can't recall how far back I'd originally installed this
> > system, if it was Breezy, Hoary, or Warty. It could've been as far back
> > as Warty.
> > Kernel: The latest Ubuntu-packaged kernel, 2.6.17-10-386.
> >
> > There is an on-board audio controller on my motherboard (I think), but
> > it is disabled in the BIOS.
> >
> > Solution
> > ========
> > Delete /etc/asound.conf. (Well, what I actually did was 'mv
> > /etc/asound.conf /etc/asound.conf.bak', but you get the idea.)
> >
> > I haven't yet noticed any ill effects. I think that asound.conf isn't
> > too terribly important if you have just one sound card.
> >
> > I suspect that some upgraded version of ALSA changed subtly between the
> > original installation of my system and this version, causing breakage.
> > (A friend of mine who did a fresh install of Edgy reported no problems
> > with the new Flash 9.) Also, /etc/asound.conf isn't owned by any
> > package, so I'm not sure what generates it. The string 'asound.conf' is
> > mentioned in the postrm script for alsa-utils, and there's a
> > /usr/share/gnome/help/desktopguide/sample/asound.conf_configuresoundproperly
> > that belongs to ubuntu-docs.list.
> >
> > But it's working great for me now without the file, so YMMV.
> >
> > I hope this helps someone else out.
> >
> >
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