On 01/13 11:19, Dale wrote: > tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 01/13 10:29, Dale wrote: > >> tu...@posteo.de wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Is it posible to use Firefox wihout pulseaudio installed? > >>> If "yes" -- how can I acchieche this? > >>> > >>> Thanks a lot for any help in advance! > >>> > >>> Cheers! > >>> Meino > >>> > >> I found this. > >> > >> https://codelab.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/firefox-drops-alsa-apulse-to-the-rescue/ > >> > >> > >> I read a bit and it may be interesting or may not but it seems to have > >> some sort of solution. If it doesn't, my Firefox is likely to be quiet, > >> whether it wants to or not. Then again, Palemoon may be a option if I > >> can get some addons to work. > >> > >> Let's hope that helps, both of us. :/ > >> > >> Dale > >> > >> :-) :-) > >> > > Hi Dale, > > > > thanks for the informations! > > > > I tried Palemoon some time ago. I checked its security and privacy > > feature with certain sites on the internet, which provide such > > services and found some issues, which I wanted to discuss on their > > forum. The answer was not to believe such sites and in result security > > would be a matter of how much I believe in a certain software. My > > understanding is, that security is no believe system but a matter of > > well done software engineering. Therefore I quit Palemoon and I am no > > longer interested in it. > > > > I looked into the linked page and interestingly the solution suggested > > is exactlu what makes me headaches now: I have a blocker: > > > > * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > > * installed at the same time on the same system. > > > > (media-plugins/alsa-plugins-1.1.5:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by > > > > >=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) > > media-plugins/alsa-plugins required by @selected > > > > (media-sound/apulse-0.1.10:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) > > pulled in by > > media-sound/apulse required by > > (www-client/firefox-bin-57.0.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) > > > > > > ...and apulse is one of it. > > > > How can I get out of it? > > > > Cheers > > Meino > > > > I'm still on the older Firefox but I get this here: > > > root@fireball / # emerge -av apulse > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] media-sound/apulse-0.1.10::gentoo ABI_X86="(64) -32 > (-x32)" 108 KiB > > Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 108 KiB > > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] n > > > If you are already on the newer Firefox, which I guess you are, then > that may be what makes it block things. So, I tried this: > > > root@fireball / # emerge -av apulse firefox > > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild N ] media-sound/apulse-0.1.10::gentoo ABI_X86="(64) -32 > (-x32)" 108 KiB > [ebuild R ~] www-client/firefox-56.0::x-portage [56.0::gentoo] > USE="dbus gmp-autoupdate nsplugin startup-notification system-harfbuzz > system-jpeg system-libevent system-libvpx system-sqlite -bindist > -custom-cflags -custom-optimization -debug -eme-free -hardened -hwaccel > -jack (-neon) -pgo -pulseaudio (-selinux) -system-icu {-test} -wifi" > L10N="-ach -af -an -ar -as -ast -az -bg -bn-BD -bn-IN -br -bs -ca -cak > -cs -cy -da -de -dsb -el -en-GB -en-ZA -eo -es-AR -es-CL -es-ES -es-MX > -et -eu -fa -ff -fi -fr -fy -ga -gd -gl -gn -gu -he -hi -hr -hsb -hu -hy > -id -is -it -ja -ka -kab -kk -km -kn -ko -lij -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr > -ms -nb -nl -nn -or -pa -pl -pt-BR -pt-PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son > -sq -sr -sv -ta -te -th -tr -uk -uz -vi -xh -zh-CN -zh-TW" 249,404 KiB > > Total: 2 packages (1 new, 1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 249,512 KiB > > Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] > > > For some reason, it likes the idea. So, differences between us. I > notice you are on a newer version of alsa than I am. Here's mine: > > > [IP-] [ ] media-libs/alsa-lib-1.1.2:0 > [IP-] [ ] media-sound/alsa-utils-1.1.2:0.9 > > > Could it be that it doesn't like the newer version of alsa, yet at > least? Possible. > > Does that help any? Could you drop to that lower version of alsa and > see if it helps or is there a needed fix for you in that newer version? > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > P. S. Keep in mind, I'd like to get this to work here too later on. ;-) >
Hi Dale, one problem here is, that I am using firefox-bin, because compiling firefox gave me compile errors in the past. One dependency of firefox-bin is....pulseaudio. Currently I am trying to compile firefox and will see how far it goes... Short question: What timezone you are? Cheers Meino
