Re: sndio audio on Void Linux not always available in browsers.

On 3/21/26 11:38 AM, Alexandre Ratchov wrote:

> Check that both are using the sndio API. You could run sndioctl and
> see if the programs appear there.

Nothing. I then tried the following:

$ ldd /usr/bin/epiphany | grep -E 
'libsndio|libpulse|libpipewire|libasound|libgst'
         libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff82249b000)
         libgstplay-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstplay-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff82242e000)
         libgstvideo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstvideo-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff821abb000)
         libgstgl-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstgl-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff821a21000)
         libgstallocators-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstallocators-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff822425000)
         libgstapp-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstapp-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff820667000)
         libgstbase-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstbase-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff8205de000)
         libgstpbutils-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstpbutils-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff820008000)
         libgstaudio-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstaudio-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff81ff7f000)
         libgsttag-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgsttag-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff81ff3d000)
         libgstfft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgstfft-1.0.so.0 
(0x00007ff8205d2000)
         libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/libasound.so.2 (0x00007ff81d835000)


It appears that Epiphany is using Gstreamer, which is OK as long as it 
is reliable. Not sure how to check Waterfox, but I will assume that it 
doesn't support sndio, as it is distributed as a portable app.

> Above conf file will force sndiod to only use the usb card, so you'd
> loose the internal devices.
>
> My favourite option is to leave the defaults and use the sndioctl
> utility to select a new default device. Ex.
>
> sndioctl sever.device=2

Good to know, but not an issue, as there is no driver for the other 
sound cards, except through HDMI, and I don't have a monitor that audio 
output through HDMI would be relevant.