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In order to use sites that make use of WebRTC's webcam support, firefox
needs access to the /dev/videoN device. When I applied the latest
firefox update over the last week, apparmor was set to enforcing mode,
which broke sites that use WebRTC, like https://talky.io.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.10
Release: 16.10
$ apt-cache policy firefox
firefox:
Installed: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
Candidate: 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2
Version table:
*** 51.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
49.0+build4-0ubuntu2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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WebRTC webcam support broken in firefox due to apparmor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1665535
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