Firefox and sound issues

[dean]

Keith Clark wrote:
>>> A very isolated incident, umm.. let's see, have you upgraded to the 
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>>>> latest ALSA build which is currently at 1.0.21?
>>>>
>>>> If not try it out, the instructions for the upgrade process are at this 
>>>> link.
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>>>> http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/09/alsa-1021-upgrade-script-for-ubuntu.html
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>>>>         
>>> Dean,
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>>> Do you have sound with the given link?
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>>> Keith
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>> I do it works fine for me.
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> How do I tell which ALSA version I have.  I have a stock 9.04 Ubuntu
> installation.
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You probably the old ALSA which is .18 I think (im not really sure).  
Ubuntu never updates ALSA automatically, so getting the latest one is 
paramount as it resolves a lot of sound issues.