Bug#804120: pulseaudio: iceweasel->Tools->Add-ons ... (silence)

[Felipe Sateler]

Control: retitle -1 pulseaudio: stops working when firejail is used
Control: severity -1 normal
Control: tags -1 upstream confirmed
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92141

On 5 November 2015 at 18:33, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <kingsley at loaner.com> wrote:
> Hi Felipe,
>
> Thanks for quickly drawing my attention to a
> possible incompatibility with firejail.
>
> That was it.
>
> I'm happy to report that editing
>
>     /etc/pulse/default.pa
>
> from
>
>     load-module module-native-protocol-unix
>
> to
>
>     load-module module-native-protocol-unix srbchannel=no
>
> seems to have fixed it.
>
> A few humble comments are inserted below...
>
> On 11/05/15 09:39, Felipe Sateler wrote:
>> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
>>
>> On 5 November 2015 at 02:17, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. <kingsley at loaner.com> wrote:
>> > Package: pulseaudio
>> > Version: 7.0-1+b1
>> > Severity: important
>> >
>> > I seem to have found a bug.
>> >
>> > Here's how:
>> >
>> >     1.) Use Debian's unstable repository
>> >
>> >     2.) $ apt-get dist-upgrade                          # On November 4, 2015
>> >
>> >     3.) Edit /etc/pulse/client.conf to not autospawn pulseaudio
>> >
>> >         #; autospawn = yes
>> >         ; autospawn = no
>> >
>> >     4.) Reboot.
>> >
>> >     5.) Run pulseaudio with verbose diagnostics as
>> >         a normal user on an xterm's command line
>> >         with
>> >
>> >             $ pulseaudio -vvvvvvvvvv --log-time
>> >
>> >     6.) Launch iceweasel.
>> >
>> >     7.) Play sound with
>> >
>> >             $ echo "hello world" | festival --language americanenglish -b --tts
>> >
>> >     8.) Here's where the bug happens.
>> >
>> >         Use your mouse to access iceweasel's add-on manager
>> >
>> >             iceweasel->Tools->Add-ons
>>
>> Is this running as the same user as the festival command?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Do you have firejail running?
>
> Yes, for once, you're right again.

Right, this was reported upstream a while ago. I'm lowering severity
due to 1. happening only in combination with firejail and 2. having a
known workaround (adding srbchannel=no to the module load).

Hopefully this will be fixed soonish upstream.

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Saludos,
Felipe Sateler