This bug still exists with Firefox 12. It is really annoying in multi user configurations.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910010 Title: Firefox won't play HTML5 video, except for with one user Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have two configured users on my Ubuntu 11.10 system: balleyne and heather. Firefox HTML5 video plays for balleyne, but not for heather, nor for the guest user, nor for any addition users I create (tried creating a third user). I've tested the following so far... - Chromium HTML5 video works for all users - same results with WebM and Theora -- works for balleyne, not other users - tried Firefox in -safe-mode, same results -- works only for balleyne - compared Plugins list for balleyne and heather, same plugins, same versions - tried creating new profiles using firefox -ProfileManager, same results: when logged in as balleyne, Firefox HTML5 video works even for a new profile in Firefox, but for heather, HTML5 video still doesn't work when creating a new profile I have FireBug, FlashVideoReplacer, and HTTPS Everywhere in balleyne's Firefox, no (non-default Ubuntu) Firefox add-ons in other user's Firefox settings. I controlled for this by using safe-mode, and I tried installing FlashVideoReplacer and Firebug in heather's Firefox, but still couldn't get HTML5 video to work. I also disabled FlashVideoReplacer in balleyne's Firefox, and HTML5 video still worked. When I CTRL+i and go to Page Info > Media, I noticed a difference between balleyne and heather's Firefox: - for balleyne, when I select a WebM video from the list, everything works fine, and Type is displayed as Type: video/webm - for heather, when I select a WebM video, it just says "Type: Video" and then Size is Unknown and Dimensions are 0px by 0px... it doesn't pick up the type as video/webm I've tried multiple WebM videos on web servers I control, as well as on mozilla.org and html5video.org and vimeo.com and youtube.com. Behaviour when videos don't work for non-balleyne users in Firefox: - on page load, a grey box with an X is displayed in place of the video - when I click on the grey box, or if I visit a WebM or Theora video directly, the loading icon starts to spin but there's no network activity and nothing is ever downloaded or played I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, Firefox 8 (standard Firefox install that comes with Ubuntu 11.10) -- more precisely: 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3 Both users balleyne and heather are administrators. balleyne was the first user created in Ubuntu. Firefox 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3 HTML5 video works fine for balleyne -- safe-mode or not, default profile or using a new profile -- but not for any other users, guest or actual, administrator or non-administrator... I ran app-port on heather's Firefox while viewing a page with HTML5 video (and seeing the grey box instead of the video, which works fine when viewing under balleyne's account or using Chromium as heather...). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: firefox 8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686 AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: heather 9978 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20111115184056 CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfeaf8000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD89C2' Components : 'HDA:111d76c1,12974001,00100102' Controls : 28 Simple ctrls : 19 Channel: release Date: Fri Dec 30 02:04:31 2011 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-8.0/firefox ForcedLayersAccel: False InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007) IpRoute: default via 192.168.2.1 dev eth0 metric 100 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.160 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=8.0/20111115184056 (Running) RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-28 (63 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 02/04/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080015 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: FG41 dmi.board.vendor: Shuttle Inc dmi.board.version: V20 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Shuttle Inc dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd02/04/2010:svnShuttleInc:pnSG41:pvrV20:rvnShuttleInc:rnFG41:rvrV20:cvnShuttleInc:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: SG41 dmi.product.version: V20 dmi.sys.vendor: Shuttle Inc To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/910010/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
