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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 57.0.4 without pulseaudio? Possible?
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:19:28
Message-Id: b80d6daa-9572-2a32-e32d-dc34b895087a@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 57.0.4 without pulseaudio? Possible? by tuxic@posteo.de
1 tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
2 > On 01/13 10:29, Dale wrote:
3 >> tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
4 >>> Hi,
5 >>>
6 >>> Is it posible to use Firefox wihout pulseaudio installed?
7 >>> If "yes" -- how can I acchieche this?
8 >>>
9 >>> Thanks a lot for any help in advance!
10 >>>
11 >>> Cheers!
12 >>> Meino
13 >>>
14 >> I found this. 
15 >>
16 >> https://codelab.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/firefox-drops-alsa-apulse-to-the-rescue/
17 >>
18 >>
19 >> I read a bit and it may be interesting or may not but it seems to have
20 >> some sort of solution.  If it doesn't, my Firefox is likely to be quiet,
21 >> whether it wants to or not.  Then again, Palemoon may be a option if I
22 >> can get some addons to work. 
23 >>
24 >> Let's hope that helps, both of us.  :/
25 >>
26 >> Dale
27 >>
28 >> :-)  :-) 
29 >>
30 > Hi Dale,
31 >
32 > thanks for the informations!
33 >
34 > I tried Palemoon some time ago. I checked its security and privacy
35 > feature with certain sites on the internet, which provide such
36 > services and found some issues, which I wanted to discuss on their
37 > forum. The answer was not to believe such sites and in result security
38 > would be a matter of how much I believe in a certain software. My
39 > understanding is, that security is no believe system but a matter of
40 > well done software engineering. Therefore I quit Palemoon and I am no
41 > longer interested in it.
42 >
43 > I looked into the linked page and interestingly the solution suggested
44 > is exactlu what makes me headaches now: I have a blocker:
45 >
46 > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
47 > * installed at the same time on the same system.
48 >
49 > (media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.1.5:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
50 > >=media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.27-r1[pulseaudio,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] (>=media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.0.27-r1[pulseaudio,abi_x86_64(-)]) required by (media-sound/pulseaudio-11.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
51 > media-plugins/alsa-plugins required by @selected
52 >
53 > (media-sound/apulse-0.1.10:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
54 > media-sound/apulse required by (www-client/firefox-bin-57.0.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
55 >
56 >
57 > ...and apulse is one of it.
58 >
59 > How can I get out of it?
60 >
61 > Cheers
62 > Meino
63 >
64
65 I'm still on the older Firefox but I get this here:
66
67
68 root@fireball / # emerge -av apulse
69
70 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
71
72 Calculating dependencies... done!
73 [ebuild  N     ] media-sound/apulse-0.1.10::gentoo  ABI_X86="(64) -32
74 (-x32)" 108 KiB
75
76 Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 108 KiB
77
78 Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] n
79
80
81 If you are already on the newer Firefox, which I guess you are, then
82 that may be what makes it block things.  So, I tried this:
83
84
85 root@fireball / # emerge -av apulse firefox
86
87 These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
88
89
90 Calculating dependencies... done!
91 [ebuild  N     ] media-sound/apulse-0.1.10::gentoo  ABI_X86="(64) -32
92 (-x32)" 108 KiB
93 [ebuild   R   ~] www-client/firefox-56.0::x-portage [56.0::gentoo]
94 USE="dbus gmp-autoupdate nsplugin startup-notification system-harfbuzz
95 system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite -bindist
96 -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -eme-free -hardened -hwaccel
97 -jack (-neon) -pgo -pulseaudio (-selinux) -system-icu {-test} -wifi"
98 L10N="-ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak
99 -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-GB -en-ZA -eo -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX
100 -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy
101 -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr
102 -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son
103 -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW" 249,404 KiB
104
105 Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 249,512 KiB
106
107 Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]
108
109
110 For some reason, it likes the idea.  So, differences between us.  I
111 notice you are on a newer version of alsa than I am.  Here's mine: 
112
113
114 [IP-] [  ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.2:0
115 [IP-] [  ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.1.2:0.9
116
117
118 Could it be that it doesn't like the newer version of alsa, yet at
119 least?  Possible. 
120
121 Does that help any?  Could you drop to that lower version of alsa and
122 see if it helps or is there a needed fix for you in that newer version? 
123
124 Dale
125
126 :-)  :-) 
127
128 P. S.  Keep in mind, I'd like to get this to work here too later on.  ;-) 

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