Helper apps inherit open file descriptors
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Evince |
Unknown
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Medium
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Mozilla Firefox |
Invalid
|
High
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: evince
(for no good reason, I think)
I'm noticing this, because right now my sound system isn't working and I get error messages like (this is no big deal; I'll have it working again in no time):
ALSA lib pcm_direct.
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.
I'm starting evince from the command line with a .pdf file as parameter, and as soon as the window opens, the message appears.
What in the world is a PDF viewer doing with my sound device? I'm just wondering. Maybe this is one call and one dependency that can be optimized away. Or maybe there *is* a reason for using ALSA, but I've never heard any sounds when opening PDF files, and I don't see why that application should have any business in the sound area at all. Click when I follow a hyperlink?
Changed in evince: | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in evince: | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in evince: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
Changed in firefox: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Changed in evince: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Invalid → Unknown |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
Created an attachment (id=85280)
helper app data