Re: Firefox 140.6.0 --- no sound

On Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:37:35 -0600
Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/22/25 10:05 AM, Andrew Warshall wrote:
> > On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 23:56:58 -0600
> > "Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List)
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >   
> >> On 12/21/25 9:58 PM, Andrew Warshall ([email protected]
> >> via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote:  
> >>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 21:32:31 -0600
> >>> Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>  
> >>>> On 12/21/25 9:24 PM, Andrew Warshall wrote:  
> >>>>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 21:05:50 -0600
> >>>>> "Bruce Dubbs" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing
> >>>>> List) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>> On 12/21/25 7:51 PM, Andrew Warshall
> >>>>>> ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List)
> >>>>>> wrote:  
> >>>>>>> Hi-
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>        Just did my roughly-annual (B)LFS reinstall and Firefox
> >>>>>>> (compiled with ALSA) won't play sound. ALSA itself is working,
> >>>>>>> since mpg123 plays fine. But, when I attempt to play a video
> >>>>>>> with sound in Firefox, I get errors like:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> ALSA lib pcm.c:8865:(snd_pcm_set_params) [error.pcm] Sample
> >>>>>>> format not available for PLAYBACK: Invalid argument
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>        This seems to be saying that there's an audio codec
> >>>>>>> missing; but not sure I should believe that. And, if I should,
> >>>>>>> any way to track down what it is?  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What version of alsa-lib/alsa-util are you using?  There was an
> >>>>>> upstream problem and we just updated those packages to version
> >>>>>> 1.2.15.1 to fix a non-sound problem.  
> >>>>  
> >>>>> alsa-lib 1.2.15, alsa-utils 1.2.15.1. Do I need to update
> >>>>> alsa-lib to 1.2.15.1 as well?  
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes.  That's causing the sound problem.  After installing, just
> >>>> run speaker-test to see if you get some what noise.  If you do,
> >>>> then you should be good.  
> >>  
> >>> Done but still no success. Speaker-test works, but that worked
> >>> before as well; only firefox was an issue.  
> >>
> >> Just a thought.  Try rebooting to ensure everything is consistent.
> >>  
> 
> > Rebooted, still nothing. And still getting the same error message.
> > What to check next?  
> 
> You can try rebuilding firefox.  In mozconfig we have
> 
> # Uncomment the following option if you have not installed PulseAudio
> and # want to use alsa instead
> #ac_add_options --enable-audio-backends=alsa
> 
> You can try uncommenting that and/or rebuilding PulseAudio.
> 
> Other than that I'm out of ideas.  Maybe someone else can suggest
> something else.
> 
>    -- Bruce
> 

It was already uncommented. I've attached my mozconfig in case there
are any other clues there.

             -Andrew Warshall


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