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

[Sebastian Ramacher]

On 2013-05-05 19:08:50, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Sun, 5 May 2013 18:21:50 +0200 Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> 
> > On 2013-05-05 17:39:03, Francesco Poli wrote:
> > > > Is iceweasel/gecko-mediaplayer able to access dbus?
> > > 
> > > I think it is: is there an easy way to check, anyway?
> > 
> > You could check if DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS is set for iceweasel, i.e
> > check if /proc/$(pidof icewasel)/environ contains
> > DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS and is correct.
> 
> It seems to be correct:
> 
>   $ strings /proc/$(pidof firefox-bin)/environ | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
>   DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-EWlTl35qa5,guid=e8bafb95e95f867331347ee751861a08
>   $ env | grep DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
>   DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-EWlTl35qa5,guid=e8bafb95e95f867331347ee751861a08

Fine

> > 
> > > > (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.
> > 
> > What does
> > 
> >  $ gsettings get apps.gecko-mediaplayer.preferences disable-wmp
> > 
> > produce and does it match the settings set with dconf(-editor)?
> 
> Wait, wait!    ;-)
> gsettings? I don't have this command... let me see...
> Should I install the libglib2.0-bin package?

Yes, please.

Regards
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher
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