[linux-audio-user] FC5 and Flash Audio

[Brad Fuller]

Bert Visser wrote:
>
>> 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.
Thanks. Funny, I saw that after I sent the msg. But, it still doesn't
work for me.
bummer....