Subject: Re: bug#43420: icecat causes pulseaudio to crash

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:10:37 -0500

Hi Nathan,

Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> Nathan Dehnel <[email-masked]> writes:
>> Removing ~/.config/pulse fixed it,
>
> That's good!
>
>> I think because it removed a config file that was loading a couple of
>> modules.
>
> Can you verify that hypothesis by adding back the config file(s),
> without any database files, restarting pulseaudio and trying again?  If
> it crashes, please show us the exact contents of the config file(s) and
> the pulseaudio output.
>
> My hypothesis is that it was the database files in ~/.config/pulse/ that
> caused the crash, in which case adding config files should not matter.
>
>> Try this:
>>
>> 1. start JACK1
>> 2. pulseaudio -L module-jack-source -L module-jack-sink
>> 3. open icecat and mess around with the seekbar
>
> How about you try it first?  Until my hypothesis is disproven, I would
> prefer not to spend more time on this.

It's been 4 years.  Should we close this issue?  It also seems like
something that should be brought to Firefox upstream, if it still
exists.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim