Bug#706154: gecko-mediaplayer: claims that an additional plugin is needed, but standalone gnome-mplayer plays the video

[Francesco Poli]

On Sun, 5 May 2013 17:06:15 +0200 Sebastian Ramacher wrote:

> On 2013-05-05 16:28:54, Francesco Poli wrote:
[...]
> > Are you referring to the dconf program from the dconf-tools package?
> > Maybe I should install that package: it may turn out to be useful in
> > other cases, as well...
> 
> Yes, dconf from the dconf-tools package.

OK, I'll try and let you know.

> 
> At this point I don't know what's wrong here. Is dconf-service running?

  $ ps aux | grep dconf | grep -v grep

generates an empty output.
However the dconf-service package is installed and

  $ ls -lF /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service
  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36136 Nov 26 12:42 /usr/lib/dconf/dconf-service*

> Is dbus running?

I think it is indeed running.
This is the (slightly edited, for clarity) output:

  $ ps aux | grep dbus | grep -v grep
  102       2464  0.0  0.0  29924  1216 ?        Ss   10:36   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
  $USER     2936  0.0  0.0  40768  1456 ?        S    10:36   0:00 /usr/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash ${HOME}/.xsession
  $USER     2976  0.0  0.0  12384  1032 ?        Ss   10:36   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/ck-launch-session /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash ${HOME}/.xsession
  $USER     2984  0.0  0.0  24188   572 ?        S    10:36   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session /bin/bash ${HOME}/.xsession
  $USER     2985  0.0  0.0  30076  1016 ?        Ss   10:36   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session

> Is iceweasel/gecko-mediaplayer able to access dbus?

I think it is: is there an easy way to check, anyway?

> (I'm just guessing here. But dbus and dconf-service look like possibly
> points of failure as they are required to get the settings, AFAICT.)

I don't know whether dconf-service is really required.
It does not seem to be running on my system, but gnome-mplayer seems to
be able to remember the settings, if I change them... Moreover, when I
change those settings, the ~/.config/dconf/user file is updated.


P.S.: as usual, I would like to thank you for your prompt and kind
assistance; I wish all Debian package maintainers were so responsive!

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