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macromedia players flash : No Audio for Linux Flash Player 7


Thymox
1/10/2006 12:09:42 AM
Hi all,

I have just downloaded and installed the Linux Flash Player and I've run into
a slight hitch. The player tries to use /dev/dsp for all audio output... which
isn't created when using the ALSA drivers which are the default drivers for a
2.6.x series kernel.

Any thoughts?
kev_b
1/25/2006 3:00:39 PM
Install your distro's alsa-oss package. This supplies a wrapper script that sorts out the sound devices.
For example you would run Firefox as :
aoss firefox &

stackoverflow
2/25/2006 3:36:56 PM
ye I simply went to rpm.pbone.net searched for alsa-oss and sound an rpm for my version of Linux suse and installed it easy

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