[tbb-bugs] #29360 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Tor-Browser Linux: no audio playback (pulseaudio) on CentOS 6

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#29360: Tor-Browser Linux: no audio playback (pulseaudio) on CentOS 6
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 Reporter:  tries                     |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
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Comment (by strix):

 In Slackware 14.2 stable (which runs pulseaudio 9.0), the default install
 of Tor Browser 9.0.1 (from tor-browser SBo, which uses the pre-built
 package from dist.torproject.org) will crash the pulseaudio user daemon.
 Usually, the user will need to kill the daemon after closing Tor Browser
 so a functioning daemon can be spawned for other applications.

 The fix in Slackware 14.2 is nearly identical to what the submitter of
 this ticket suggested for CentOS 6:
 {{{
 $ cp -pf $HOME/.esd_auth $HOME/.tor-browser/INSTALL/Browser
 $ cp -pfr $HOME/.config/pulse/ $HOME/.tor-browser/INSTALL/Browser
 }}}
 (The cookie file is copied with the pulse directory.)

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