[linux-audio-user] FC5 and Flash Audio

[Bert Visser]

> I've upgraded to FC5, and I'm slowly inching my way up to get audio
> working (PlanetCCRMA). I have a particular problem in that Flash video
> works fine, but I have no audio (occurs in Firefox, Opera and
> Konqueror.) I've searched for a solution and really haven't found
> anything that works. Some reports have said that a chmod to /dev/dsp of
> 0666 will help. Others say that changing the permissions on the
> "plugins" directory will do the trick. Nope, not for me.
>
> I noticed that I had no /dev/dsp. So, I kinda figured that maybe the
> Flash plugin hard defaults to writing to /dev/dsp. So I made one with
> ./MAKEDEV audio... and sure enough, a dsp1 was made. However, I still
> have no audio when playing flash in a browser.
>
> Anyone come across this problem? Any ideas?
>
> brad
>
>   
There is a special yum repo for macromedia. Try installing flash with 
that as described on this page:

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html#

For me this did the trick.

regards,
Bert