Firefox/Iceweasel Flash Audio Under Etch/Gnome

As has happened before with a fresh Debian install I was unable to get audio from Flash media in my browser. So for example if I visit YouTube I would be able to see stuff but not hear. This happens when Gnome system sounds are enabled. To correct this:

  • Ensure that the package libesd-alsa0 is installed instead of libesd0.
  • At the terminal type (as root):
gedit /etc/iceweasel/iceweaselrc
  • Then change the line that reads:
ICEWEASEL_DSP="none"

to:

ICEWEASEL_DSP="esddsp"
  • Restart Iceweasel and sound should be there.

For Firefox replacing Iceweasel with Firefox in the above steps should do the trick.

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debian/firefoxflashgnome.txt · Last modified: 2009/08/13 20:11 (external edit)
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