306196 - Gecko interferes with sound system (xmms)

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Leonard den Ottolander]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050720 Fedora/1.0.6-1.1.fc4 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050720 Fedora/1.0.6-1.1.fc4 Firefox/1.0.6

Just rendering a page in either firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc4 or mozilla-1.7.10-1.5.1
causes clicks and the like in xmms-1.2.10-16 (plain FC4 rpm as well as with mp3
support reenabled) playback (so does tabbing through windows). Using alsa (with
or without mmapping), OSS or esd does not make any difference.

No such problems when neither browser is started.

Athlon 800, Asus A7V, SB PCI128, 256MB. FC4 full updates as of 2005-08-27,
although the issue exists on a fresh FC4 install with firefox-1.0.4-something as
well. Running xmms as root with a nice of -10 makes no difference so I don't
suspect a lack of resources to be the problem.

$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        255636     161228      94408          0       2208      62428
-/+ buffers/cache:      96592     159044
Swap:       987956      56508     931448

Sorry if this is a duplicate, but although some of the reports I read speak of
similar issues they seem not to be as general as my problem.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start xmms.
2. Start firefox or mozilla.
3. Open (render) a page (or tab through windows).

Actual Results:  
click scratch ouch

Expected Results:  
Crystal clear playback.

Comment 1

[Adam Guthrie]

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050827 Firefox/1.6a1
ID:2005082708

I use xmms a lot and haven't had any problems with it conflicting with Firefox.
The only issue I could see here is that you're viewing a page that has sound on
it and your sound mixer (alsa) can't handle both at the same time; and if this
is the case, this is not a Firefox bug.

Comment 2

[Leonard den Ottolander]

I can reproduce this problem with *every* page, *every* time, including f.e. the
FC4 release notes on my local disk, this page, http://www.google.com. Note that
it also happens with an open firefox or mozilla when tabbing through unrelated
windows.

There are other bug reports around that indicate that there might be problems
with firefox and the sound system (but none as general as my problem).

Comment 3

[H Oudenhoven]

I have noticed with Fedora 11 (it may even have started with 10) that XMMS starts skipping through my mp3 files. The song may start normally, but after a little time the time-tracking progress bar speeds up and the whole song can be over in 5 seconds or less. It's like some timing thing has gone awry. Very annoying. Other mp3 players do it as well, including Jukebox.

I hope somebody can sort it out soon and post an update.
Ciao, H.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.3 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.