[SOLVED] After reinstalling antiX, seamonkey browser no sound

[Member kaye]

Hello Friends

As the title says. Even if I did the following:

1. Edit line 53 of the seamonkey desktop file in /usr/share/applications to read:

Exec=apulse /opt/seamonkey/seamonkey %u

then click Refresh Menu.

2. Add this line to /home/user/.desktop-session/startup

pulseaudio -D &

then rebooted.

3. Made seamonkey the preferred web browser.

The only way I get sound is typing seamonkey in the terminal.

Thank you!

• This topic was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by kaye.

[Member Xecure]

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Hi, kaye.

When using pulseaudio, you must not use apulse.
apulse is used to “make the program think” it is “talking” to pulseaudio, when it really is talking to ALSA. If you already have pulseaudio installed and running, there is no need for apulse, as the program can talk directly to pulseaudio.

Also, if running seamonkey (or any program) from terminal on it’s own (seamonkey and NOT apulse seamonkey), and it works properly, then there is no need to use “apulse” in the .desktop file.

So, if you have pulseaudio installed, don’t use apulse. If you don’t have it installed and the program works well with sound without the apulse command, then don’t add it in the .desktop file.

Hope this clarifies any doubt.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by Xecure.

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[Member kaye]

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oh right, sorry. I forgot. Many thanks! Problem solved

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