Public bug reported:
Upgrading Firefox to version 52 on an ALSA-only system breaks audio on
all websites.
PulseAudio has apparently become a hard requirement in the latest
official build of Firefox, but since PulseAudio is (due to its design)
not viable on some systems, this renders Firefox useless as a general-
purpose browser.
The upstream code still contains ALSA support. Please re-enable it on
Ubuntu. I have read that Arch Linux has already done so.
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Upgrading Firefox to version 52 on an ALSA-only system breaks audio on
all websites.
PulseAudio has apparently become a hard requirement in the latest
- version of Firefox, but since PulseAudio is (due to its design) not
- viable on some systems, this renders Firefox useless as a general-
+ official build of Firefox, but since PulseAudio is (due to its design)
+ not viable on some systems, this renders Firefox useless as a general-
purpose browser.
The upstream code still contains ALSA support. Please re-enable it on
Ubuntu. I have read that Arch Linux has already done so.
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PulseAudio requirement breaks Firefox on ALSA-only systems
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