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Firefox requires PulseAudio for working sound again

Bug #1718336 reported by Removed by request
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Bug Description

I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 dev with Firefox 55.0.2+build1-0ubuntu4 and Firefox requires PulseAudio for working sound again. This is a regression of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1671273 and there is a report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/1710993 but it seems to be Lubuntu-specific.

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Removed by request (removed3425744) wrote :

I just read this on the changelog:

  * Disable ALSA backend for Firefox 55 because it makes the build failure.
    This will remain disabled until somebody steps up to maintain it

So ALSA support got temporary disabled because the current state seems to be not fully compatible with Firefox 55. Hopefully this can be fxed soon but since upstream (Mozilla) does not intend to reconsider supporting ALSA again I wonder if this will get more and more tricky to maintain for downstream (Ubuntu) in the future and if at some point support for ALSA will fully stop.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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