Re: [gentoo-user] html5 no longer working in firefox
Am Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:25:36 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:30:12 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:09:14 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Hi. I have found since my latest update that html5 is getting no audio in firefox. I am not sure what libraries are involved in this -- I downgraded firefox to 31.3.0, compiled with debug, but no error messages. It worked in early November so it must have been some update, but I can't figure out which -- how can I even troubleshoot such a thing. I am using gnome 3.14.x, so I have the gnome overlay and the unstable version of gentoo. I compile with a use flag of -pulseaudio, so its mostly Alsa unless gnome says otherwise. Any ideas would be appreciated. I don't know what exactly you mean with no audio, but I had problems with MP3 files not decoding anymore around the same time as you did, despite installing Firefox with USE=gstreamer. I finally decided to debug it again today, and had success after installing gst-plugins-mad (although I would be surprised if gst-plugins-lame did not work, either). Now SoundCloud works again! Just for the record, since you use Firefox 31.3.0, I don't think this is it, because it depends on gst-plugins-meta, which pulls in all relevant gstreamer plug-ins depending on your USE flags. The problem I was referring to above is limited to Firefox 35.0. [...] I will try the control-shift-i -- does firefox have to be compiled with debug to do this? No, you don't need to install firefox with FEATURES=debug. The debug console is part of Firefox's built-in set of web developer tools. hmmm, for the moment, I am assuming that the video is visible, but no sound, as I am visually impaired this is an assumption. But the player loads and the time of the video keeps moving so this assumption may be correct. That's the sort of thing I was thinking of :) . From what you say, I agree with your assumption that playback itself works. Although, I vaguely recall that Firefox can play videos without sound if only the audio codec is unsupported (or maybe I'm thinking about playback without soundcard access, like when I have JACK running), so it could *potentially* still be a codec problem, despite what I wrote above. You should be able to verify that with the debug console that I already mentioned. Now as to why you don't here anything, I can only, at best, make educated guesses. Alas, I use pulseaudio, so I don't have any experience with Firefox with USE=-pulseaudio. My only ideas at the moment are: - Verify that sound in other applications works, if you haven't already. - Double-check the volume settings. - Verify that Firefox can actually access the soundcard (though this should not be a problem if you use the ALSA dmix plug-in, which is the default, I think). - In the event that it might be a codec problem after all, verify your USE flags (e.g., check for mp3, ogg, or whatever is failing). I don't think that there are any audio settings in Firefox itself, though I could be mistaken (I did look in about:config, but still couldn't find anything). HTH -- Marc Joliet -- People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't - Bjarne Stroustrup pgpkTQ0visppT.pgp Description: Digitale Signatur von OpenPGP
Re: [gentoo-user] html5 no longer working in firefox
Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Tue, 13 Jan 2015 17:25:36 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:30:12 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Marc Joliet mar...@gmx.de wrote: Am Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:09:14 -0500 schrieb cov...@ccs.covici.com: Hi. I have found since my latest update that html5 is getting no audio in firefox. I am not sure what libraries are involved in this -- I downgraded firefox to 31.3.0, compiled with debug, but no error messages. It worked in early November so it must have been some update, but I can't figure out which -- how can I even troubleshoot such a thing. I am using gnome 3.14.x, so I have the gnome overlay and the unstable version of gentoo. I compile with a use flag of -pulseaudio, so its mostly Alsa unless gnome says otherwise. Any ideas would be appreciated. I don't know what exactly you mean with no audio, but I had problems with MP3 files not decoding anymore around the same time as you did, despite installing Firefox with USE=gstreamer. I finally decided to debug it again today, and had success after installing gst-plugins-mad (although I would be surprised if gst-plugins-lame did not work, either). Now SoundCloud works again! Just for the record, since you use Firefox 31.3.0, I don't think this is it, because it depends on gst-plugins-meta, which pulls in all relevant gstreamer plug-ins depending on your USE flags. The problem I was referring to above is limited to Firefox 35.0. [...] I will try the control-shift-i -- does firefox have to be compiled with debug to do this? No, you don't need to install firefox with FEATURES=debug. The debug console is part of Firefox's built-in set of web developer tools. hmmm, for the moment, I am assuming that the video is visible, but no sound, as I am visually impaired this is an assumption. But the player loads and the time of the video keeps moving so this assumption may be correct. That's the sort of thing I was thinking of :) . From what you say, I agree with your assumption that playback itself works. Although, I vaguely recall that Firefox can play videos without sound if only the audio codec is unsupported (or maybe I'm thinking about playback without soundcard access, like when I have JACK running), so it could *potentially* still be a codec problem, despite what I wrote above. You should be able to verify that with the debug console that I already mentioned. Now as to why you don't here anything, I can only, at best, make educated guesses. Alas, I use pulseaudio, so I don't have any experience with Firefox with USE=-pulseaudio. My only ideas at the moment are: - Verify that sound in other applications works, if you haven't already. - Double-check the volume settings. - Verify that Firefox can actually access the soundcard (though this should not be a problem if you use the ALSA dmix plug-in, which is the default, I think). - In the event that it might be a codec problem after all, verify your USE flags (e.g., check for mp3, ogg, or whatever is failing). I don't think that there are any audio settings in Firefox itself, though I could be mistaken (I did look in about:config, but still couldn't find anything). Funny thing is it used to work fine, early November and then some update broke the thing, but I will definitely try the debug console and see if it tells me anything. Thanks. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com
[gentoo-user] Re: Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:53:55 +0100 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: emergeing Firefox 35.0 runs without problems...but: The plugin Ghostery (blocks tracker) fails to start and a reinstallations ends with this error message (popup): Ghostery cannot be installed because Firefox cannot modify the needed file. Is this a proble of the plugin, a wrong permissions setting via emerge/ebuild or a problem of my Gentoo box? It's not just you, and it's not just that extension. I don't know the cause, but many of my extensions stopped working, including Adblock Plus. (I noticed the problem because I was seeing ads, then I noticed there was no ABP icon available any more.) Judging from the fairly cryptic console output, Firefox's add-on registration system can't read (or maybe just can't modify) a lot of the files it needs to. How can I fix it -- a downgrade to the previous version (34.0.5-r1) is not possible, since one had decided to remove that version from the ebuilds ??? I reinstalled 34.0.5-r1 from a tarball, and everything works again for me. I know that doesn't help you, but I mention it because it seems to indicate that running Fx 35 didn't actually damage my profile. I'll try upgrading again in a few days, then file a bug if still no joy.
Re: [gentoo-user] virtual/notification-daemon circular dependency?
On 14/01/2015 15:39, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: # equery d virtual/notification-daemon-0 * These packages depend on virtual/notification-daemon-0: x11-libs/libnotify-0.7.6-r1 (virtual/notification-daemon) # equery d x11-libs/libnotify * These packages depend on x11-libs/libnotify: media-sound/ario-1.5.1 (libnotify ? x11-libs/libnotify) x11-misc/notification-daemon-3.14.1 (=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7) # equery d x11-misc/notification-daemon * These packages depend on x11-misc/notification-daemon: virtual/notification-daemon-0 (gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) (!gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) So it seems virtual/notification-daemon-0 is pulled in by x11-misc/notification-daemon, which is pulled in by virtual/notification-daemon-0. Where is my misunderstanding? thanks, raffaele Are you sure your second command above is correct? I get different results: khamul ~ # equery d virtual/notification-daemon-0 * These packages depend on virtual/notification-daemon-0: x11-libs/libnotify-0.7.6-r1 (virtual/notification-daemon) khamul ~ # equery d x11-libs/libnotify * These packages depend on x11-libs/libnotify: app-admin/system-config-printer-gnome-1.4.3-r1 (x11-libs/libnotify[introspection]) app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-gtklibs-20140508-r6 (abi_x86_32 ? =x11-libs/libnotify-0.7.6-r1[abi_x86_32(-)]) media-video/handbrake-0.9.9-r1 (gtk ? x11-libs/libnotify) media-video/vlc-2.1.5 (libnotify ? x11-libs/libnotify:0) www-client/midori-0.5.8-r1 (=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7) khamul ~ # equery d x11-misc/notification-daemon * These packages depend on x11-misc/notification-daemon: virtual/notification-daemon-0 (gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) (!gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
[gentoo-user] wacom tablet does not work
Hi, after upgrading from an old version of xorg-server (due to an old Radeon card) to xorg-server-1.16.3-r1 my Wacom tablet seems dead. All x11-drivers have been reinstalled. Any messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log w.r.t. Wacom look OK xinput list reports (note the strange characters at the beginning of each line) â¡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] â â³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus id=8[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 Pad pad id=9[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Logitech USB Optical Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 eraser id=12 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 cursor id=13 [slave pointer (2)] xinput --list-props Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus shows Device 'Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus': Device Enabled (140): 1 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (142): 1.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 1.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 1.00 Device Accel Profile (263): 0 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (264): 1.00 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (265): 1.00 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (266):10.00 Device Node (260): /dev/input/event4 Wacom Tablet Area (273):0, 0, 10208, 7424 Wacom Rotation (274): 0 Wacom Pressurecurve (275): 0, 0, 100, 100 Wacom Serial IDs (276): 21, 0, 2, 0, 0 Wacom Serial ID binding (277): 0 Wacom Pressure Threshold (278): 27 Wacom Sample and Suppress (279):2, 4 Wacom Enable Touch (280): 0 Wacom Hover Click (281):1 Wacom Enable Touch Gesture (282): 0 Wacom Touch Gesture Parameters (283): 0, 0, 250 Wacom Tool Type (284): STYLUS (262) Wacom Button Actions (285): Wacom button action 0 (286), Wacom button action 1 (287), Wacom button action 2 (288), None (0), None (0), None (0), None (0), Wacom button action 3 Wacom button action 4 (290) Wacom button action 0 (286):1572865 Wacom button action 1 (287):1572866 Wacom button action 2 (288):1572867 Wacom button action 3 (289):1572872 Wacom button action 4 (290):1572873 Wacom Pressure Recalibration (291): 1 Device Product ID (259):1386, 21 BUT xinput --test Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus doesn't show anything when I use the stylus or any button on the tablet. Neither does xev. I'm very grateful for any ideas, Helmut
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Emergeing Firefox 35.0 breaks Ghostery ... fixable?
I might suggest Adblock Edge as an alternative. It seems to work. Also, if you choose an EasyList+EasyPrivacy subscription, it should do all of what Ghostery does. An equivalent extension to replace Ghostery would be Disconnect.Me (it does not have ties to an advertising company, if you cared).
Re: [gentoo-user] cannot emerge dev-qt/qtcore, undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail'
On 01/13/2015 06:51 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Justin Findlay jfind...@gmail.com wrote: I am having a problem emerging dev-qt/qtcore that I have been unable to solve myself yet. The system is amd64 and I have ABI_X86='32 64' so that pipelight will work. I think the error is coming from somewhere within glibc's multilib compatability. You should file a bug. ^_^ Thank you very much for your help and investigation walt and Mike. I know about x32, but am dubious about the aims and benefits of it. I was going to file a bug, but doing triage for an open source project with a large community, I wanted to ask the list first to help me decide if this a real bug or whether I have missed something essential. Justin
Re: [gentoo-user] wacom tablet does not work
Am Mittwoch, 14.01.2015 um 15:40 schrieb Helmut Jarausch jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de: Hi, after upgrading from an old version of xorg-server (due to an old Radeon card) to xorg-server-1.16.3-r1 my Wacom tablet seems dead. I'm using the stable xorg-server-1.15.2-r1 and my wacom tablet is working well with it. Maybe you should downgrade to this version to see what happens. All x11-drivers have been reinstalled. Any messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log w.r.t. Wacom look OK Then it probably has nothing to do with your kernel configuration. xinput list reports (note the strange characters at the beginning of each line) â¡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] â â³ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 stylus id=8[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 Pad pad id=9[slave pointer (2)] â â³ Logitech USB Optical Mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 eraser id=12 [slave pointer (2)] â â³ Wacom Graphire4 4x5 cursor id=13 [slave pointer (2)] That's really strange. It should look like this: ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2[master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointerid=4[slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Keyboard id=9[slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101b id=10 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos4 6x9 stylus id=12 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos4 6x9 eraser id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos4 6x9 cursor id=14 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Wacom Intuos4 6x9 Pad pad id=15 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3[master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=7[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Logitech USB Keyboard id=8[slave keyboard (3)] ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=11 [slave keyboard (3)] But I guess, this has nothing to do with your non working tablet. Maybe it has something to do with your locales. Here's my /etc/locale.gen: en_US ISO-8859-1 en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 de_DE ISO-8859-1 de_DE@euro ISO-8859-15 de_DE.utf8 UTF-8 And my /etc.rc.conf contains the line: unicode=YES Regards wabe
[gentoo-user] Re: OT: Amplifier to connect to network
Joseph syscon780 at gmail.com writes: I'm looking for a solution to stream music in a home from my Gentoo box. Here is an excellent read to get you started. If I'm understanding your desire ( to run many speakers in parallel off of a single amplifier) you'll need an amp design for 2 ohm load to run 8 8-ohm speakers off of a single amplifiter. This will only give you mono sound in each of 8 rooms. If you want stereo sound, then you'll need twice as many channels. http://www.prestonelectronics.com/audio/Impedance.htm If you have a 7.1 surround sound amp, then you can run each channelto a differnet room and the 8th channel to the sub woofer on a different amplifiter to get 7.1 audio in our whole house. It will sound different than the 7.1 audio in a single room (usually where the big screen TV is). If you want remote (gain) control on your discrete audio amp,I suggest you look for one that offers that in the device driver section of the linux kernel. If it does not have gain control, you can damage equipment very easily, so be cautious. Speakers with integrated small amps might work for your need? You need to find a discussion group for audio, as getting mono, stereo, 5.1 or 7.1 audio out of a PC audio card, is trivial in most operating systems as long as you have a sound card (mobo) capable of the sound output you want. Also read up on pre-outs when combining 2 or more amplifiers in series. Are there better solutions? Go find a good audio group for details and help. hth, James
[gentoo-user] virtual/notification-daemon circular dependency?
# equery d virtual/notification-daemon-0 * These packages depend on virtual/notification-daemon-0: x11-libs/libnotify-0.7.6-r1 (virtual/notification-daemon) # equery d x11-libs/libnotify * These packages depend on x11-libs/libnotify: media-sound/ario-1.5.1 (libnotify ? x11-libs/libnotify) x11-misc/notification-daemon-3.14.1 (=x11-libs/libnotify-0.7) # equery d x11-misc/notification-daemon * These packages depend on x11-misc/notification-daemon: virtual/notification-daemon-0 (gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) (!gnome ? x11-misc/notification-daemon) So it seems virtual/notification-daemon-0 is pulled in by x11-misc/notification-daemon, which is pulled in by virtual/notification-daemon-0. Where is my misunderstanding? thanks, raffaele
