On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 08:29:23PM -0700, Nathan Coulson wrote:
> On 28 September 2017 at 14:01, Ken Moffat <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 11:45:13PM -0700, Nathan Coulson wrote:
> >>
> >> Half unrelated, but thought I'd mention it here (vs a new thread).
> >> Was having issues with Firefox working with Netflix (Specifically that
> >> widevine thing).
> >>
> >> Eventually came across a thread where someone mentioned
> >> CONFIG_SECCOMP=y has to be enabled in the kernel for it to work.
> >> Tested it, and apparently that was the missing piece. Might be worth
> >> adding as an additional note.
> >>
> > I'm not sure whether this belongs in the kernel config in the book,
> > or in the wiki ? Not something I use. But then I don't use the
> > geolocation APIs but we have those.
> >
> > I see that ALL my current machines have CONFIG_SECCOMP=y in their
> > kernel configs, as if it either defaulted to y or else sounded like
> > a good idea.
> >
> > ĸen
>
> I don't know the full scope of what it is suppose to do, best I can
> figure is it has something to do with piping untrusted bytecode
> somewhere. (Something to do with how widevine does it's DRM?).
> Sounds like ElasticSearch can use it as well.
>
> anyway, just calling attention to it, as I spent a year trying to get
> netflix working without success.
>
Let's try to take a straw poll:
Do people have CONFIG_SECCOMP=y set anyway in the (desktop, laptop)
kernels they are using ? To avoid noise on the list, please reply
to me directly.
The initial tally is:
No 1 (Nathan)
Yes 1 (me)
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