CBC radio no longer streams after yesterday's Adobe update

[george shepherd]

Adobe automatically updated yesterday March 30, & none of CBC radio's streaming audio stations work anymore. The audio window comes up, but nothing happens. It might be CBC's problem.... they're a Windows outfit & not very bright, but it seems to coincide with that Adobe update. Has also affected the Chromium browser. On further investigation, my Live365 & CKUA Radio audio streams also no longer work on either browser. The audio windows come up but nothing happens. I use Ubuntu 11.10 on a desktop machine.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: chuckleberry 1418 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120310010446
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'CMI8738'/'C-Media CMI8738 (model 55) at 0xd000, irq 19'
   Mixer name : 'CMedia PCI'
   Components : ''
   Controls : 41
   Simple ctrls : 22
Channel: release
Date: Fri Mar 30 17:12:26 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.0.100 metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=11.0/20120310010446 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2003
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: KT400-8235
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd02/25/2003:svnVIATechnologies,Inc.:pnKT400-8235:pvr:rvn:rnKT400-8235:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: KT400-8235
dmi.sys.vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.

[Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson)]

Thanks, but why report it against Firefox when you already confirmed Flash broke it and it happens in Chromium too? It seems that everybody is doing this today, and I'm just curious about why people keep doing it

[george shepherd (chuckleberry)]

Hi Chris
The reason I reported it against Firefox is that there is a Report a Problem link on the Help menu. Figured that since I use Firefox to listen to CBC, that the Firefox people  might be interested. Trying to report something to Adobe is next to impossible. I reported it right away to CBC yesterday, but unless its happening on Windows or iPods, it will take them a while to get around to looking into it. Meanwhile, my old netbook still has Ubuntu 10.04 on it, so its now playing audio streams. Coincidently, Adobe's Flash is offering to update itself on the netbook..... but I am declining the offer.

Meanwhile, I am going to install a fresh 10.04 on a spare hard drive, do all the updates except Adobe's & see what happens regarding CBC streaming audio. Then I will apply that update to see what happens again. Is there a way to un-install a particular update & thus have the system revert back to its pre-update condition ?

But back to your "why" question. It is the most obvious, most available link to actually getting something going when you experience problems with Ubuntu.
Thanx for responding.
-George

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Coulson <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:45 pm
Subject: [Bug 969690] Re: CBC radio no longer streams after yesterday's Adobe update
To: <email address hidden>

> Thanks, but why report it against Firefox when you already confirmed
> Flash broke it and it happens in Chromium too? It seems that everybody
> is doing this today, and I'm just curious about why people keep
> doing it
>
> ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu)
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969690
>
> Title:
>   CBC radio no longer streams after yesterday's Adobe update
>
> Status in “adobe-flashplugin” package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   Adobe automatically updated yesterday March 30,  &
> none of CBC radio's
>   streaming audio stations work anymore. The audio window
> comes up, but
>   nothing happens.  It might be CBC's problem....
> they're a Windows
>   outfit & not very bright, but it seems to coincide with
> that Adobe
>   update. Has also affected the Chromium browser. On further
>   investigation, my Live365 & CKUA Radio audio streams also
> no longer
>   work on either browser. The audio windows come up but
> nothing happens.
>   I use Ubuntu 11.10 on a desktop machine.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
>   AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver
> Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>   Architecture: i386
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID
> ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  chuckleberry
> 1418 F.... pulseaudio
>   BuildID: 20120310010446
>   CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'CMI8738'/'C-Media CMI8738 (model 55) at
> 0xd000, irq 19'
>      Mixer ...