PulseAudio requirement breaks Firefox on ALSA-only systems after 55.0.1 update
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Critical
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Critical
|
Simon Quigley | ||
lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Simon Quigley | ||
lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Simon Quigley |
Bug Description
[Impact]
Users of Lubuntu 16.04 LTS are left with no sound in the default web browser, Firefox. This is a regression. For users with no knowledge of what PulseAudio even is (and even for people who *do* know what it is), this is not good.
[Test Case]
1. Go to a website that plays sound in Firefox on Lubuntu 16.04. This, for example: https:/
Expected: Sound should play without having to install any additional software.
Result: No sound is played, and the user is given a message that they need to install PulseAudio.
[Regression Potential]
People might get mad that PulseAudio is now installed, without them asking (but it adds functionality, so in my opinion this update is needed, regardless). I see no technical regression potential, as it is simply adding a dependency.
[Original Description]
I am on Lubuntu, an ALSA-only system, after update Firefox to version 55.0.1 it started to ask for PulseAudio when playing media.
Reference: https:/
I have initially stated the bug here: https:/
This bug also happened with Firefox 52 and were fixed on 52.0.2, it seems it have had returned: https:/
For lubuntu-
[Impact]
Without this fix, users are still using alsamixer after the migration to PulseAudio, this isn't intended as they should be using pavucontrol.
[Test Case]
Go to the panel after installing the above lubuntu-meta fix, and right click on the volume icon, then select Volume Settings, and it goes to alsamixer. After installing these fixes, clicking the icon should display a Sound icon and Sound Settings should go to pavucontrol.
[Regression Potential]
Little to none, as this has been applied in all releases after Lubuntu 16.04 LTS. The only regression would occur when launching pavucontrol (as shown and fixed in bug 1708619, the fix is in indicator-
Related branches
tags: | added: regression-update |
tags: | added: xenial |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
assignee: | nobody → Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) |
no longer affects: | firefox (Ubuntu) |
no longer affects: | firefox (Ubuntu Xenial) |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
description: | updated |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
milestone: | none → xenial-updates |
no longer affects: | lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial) |
no longer affects: | lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial) |
Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Changed in indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) |
Changed in indicator-sound-gtk2 (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
assignee: | nobody → Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) |
Changed in lubuntu-default-settings (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
Changed in lubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
tags: |
added: verification-done verification-done-xenial removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial |
How you dare? Don't you have feelings? /launchpad. net/ubuntu/ +source/ firefox/ 55.0.1+ build2- 0ubuntu0. 16.04.2
Look it: https:/