[arch-general] sound problem with chromium

Pascal patatetom at gmail.com
Thu May 5 13:22:44 UTC 2022


I just did a little test like this:

# user add -m test
# passwd test
# echo "chromium https://youtube.com" > /home/test/.xinitrc

logoff and then logon (slim) as test.
a first test "bingo", it works, there is sound !
I extend the test : I close Chromium, I reconnect again immediatly and KO,
no sound.
I try again : close the browser and reopen the session as test user but
still KO.

Le jeu. 5 mai 2022 à 13:48, u34--- via arch-general <
arch-general at lists.archlinux.org> a écrit :

> Pascal via arch-general <arch-general at lists.archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > I have an ArchLinux installed on a usb disk (eg. "mobile").
> >
> > ~ # uname -r
> > 5.15.37-1-lts
> > ~ # pacman -Q | egrep 'alsa|chromium|firefox|mplayer'
> > alsa-lib 1.2.6.1-1
> > alsa-topology-conf 1.2.5.1-1
> > alsa-ucm-conf 1.2.6.3-1
> > alsa-utils 1.2.6-1
> > chromium 101.0.4951.54-1
> > firefox 100.0-1
> > mplayer 38359-1
> >
> > when it runs on my Dell Latitude E5250, Chromium works without any
> > difficulty to play a YouTube video for example : the sound is ok (same
> for
> > Firefox or Mplayer).
> >
> > on the other hand, when it runs on my Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Chromium
> > has problems with the sound (which is not the case for Firefox or Mplayer
> > which both produce sound).
> > it happens from time to time in this (hardware) environment that Chromium
> > produces sound and the next moment (simple stop/restart of the browser)
> it
> > fails (without anything being done in between) !
> > another surprising thing is that if I access a video (zunRcH4nUPI) this
> way
> > "chromium https://www.youtube.com/" (and then click on the desired
> video) I
> > often don't get any sound while if I access it this way "chromium
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zunRcH4nUPI" the sound works !
> >
> > I spent a lot of time trying to understand the problem and looking for a
> > solution/track on the internet but, having found nothing, I throw a
> bottle
> > in the water...
> >
> > regards, lacsaP.
>
> Can you try cutting down the environment by running chromium within a
> dedicated X server? That is, run a 2nd, or just one, Xserver, dedicated to
> chromium. Desirbly, without a desktop environment, and without a window
> manager either. Just chromium, nothing else.
>
> I find chromium very problematic, avoiding it as much as I can. Never the
> less, I do have to use it from time to time. And I do think diversity is a
> must have.
>
> --
> u34
>


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