edubuntu/firefox/pulse audio/flash = unusable

[john]

Thanks phillipp,

I've done a variation of this but I'll give this a shot. Thanks for
the response.

John

On 9/10/07, Philipp Hanselmann <philipp at schoolnet.na> wrote:
> john schrieb:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We've been having all kinds of problems with sound/flash/firefox and Edubuntu.
> >
> > We can't seem to come up with a stable solution for making sound work
> > with Flash9 under Edubuntu. I've followed  the Pulse Audio/Revolution
> > Linux howto, fiddled with ESD and ALSA, etc. but no dice. if anyone
> > can point me to a known working solution for flash9/sound/edubuntu
> > 7.04 I'd be very pleased.
> >
> >
> > We use online curriculum that requires flash 9 and sound to work and
> > all the firefox/Desktop freezing and lockup and random firefox and/or
> > flash misery  is a show stopper.  Edubuntu, for our school district at
> > least, is not a working solution if that piece doesn't work out of the
> > box or reasonably flawlessly with a straight ahead howto/fix.
> >
> > Hope this doesn't sound too negative.  I am trying to provide some
> > feedback with the greatest respect for the developers who are working
> > on Edubuntu and also with great appreciation for all of the help
> > fellow Edubuntu users have shared with me.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> Install these 2 packages, after that, flash including sound should work.
>
> apt-get install  flashplugin-nonfree
> apt-get install libflashsupport
>
> Edubuntu takes as default the soundserver pulseaudio. Just aktivate the
> sound in /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/lts.conf like this:
>
> SOUND = True
>
> Philipp
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