On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:28:46PM +0000, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 01:07:07AM +0100, Tim Tassonis wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > > > > > On 01/16/2018 12:29 AM, Tim Tassonis wrote: > [...] > > > > > > > > > > A solution on the faulty machine is to start firefox, go to > > > > > about:config, and then set the property > > > > > > > > > > security.sandbox.content.level > > > > > > > > > > to 0, instead of 3. > > > > > > > > I found a nice explanation for the problem at: > > > > > > > > https://github.com/i-rinat/apulse > > > > > > > > > > > > To leave sandboxing active and get alsa sound running, you can also set > > > > > > > > security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist > > > > > > > > to 16, which is the iotcl syscall needed by alsa. For 32bit > > > > architectures, > > > > the value is 54.
I've now built b16 with alsa on a second machine: initially no sound, but setting security.sandbox.content.syscall_whitelist to 16 in about:config, and restarting direfox, fixed it. Maybe I've left it set like that on the other machine. ĸen -- Truth, in front of her huge walk-in wardrobe, selected black leather boots with stiletto heels for such a barefaced truth. - Unseen Academicals -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page