firefox 135 32bit-no sound-system is 64bit

[Seeker]

a few days ago following instructions on this forum I installed firefox 135 on my MX 19.4. now I have no audio when I click on videos. what to do? I mistakenly installed 32 bit on my 64bit system, but firefox seems to be working quickly and smoothly. just no audio.

[CharlesV]

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

You might try uninstalling the 32bit and then install 64bit

[Stevo]

Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )

You might try uninstalling the 32bit and then install 64bit

This. Install the correct version. TBH, IDK why this even is a question, though.

[Seeker]

OK guys. Here is my qsi:

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System:    Kernel: 4.19.0-27-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 8.3.0 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-27-amd64 
           root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.5 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.14.0 vt: 7 
           dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: MX-19.4_x64 patito feo October 21  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 4286CTO v: ThinkPad X220 serial: <filter> 
           Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 4286CTO serial: <filter> UEFI-[Legacy]: LENOVO 
           v: 8DET63WW (1.33 ) date: 07/19/2012 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 64.5 Wh (96.0%) condition: 67.2/85.9 Wh (78.3%) volts: 12.1 
           min: 10.8 model: SANYO 45N1175 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Not charging 
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge 
           family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F cache: L2: 3 MiB 
           flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 19935 
           Speed: 1143 MHz min/max: 800/3200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1143 2: 1106 3: 1110 
           4: 1087 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected 
           Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable 
           Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion 
           Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
           Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
           Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations 
           Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: 
           conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics 
           vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0126 
           class-ID: 0300 
           Device-2: Chicony Lenovo Integrated Camera (0.3MP) type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
           bus-ID: 1-1.6:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b217 class-ID: 0e02 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.14.0 driver: 
           loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.7x9.4") 
           s-diag: 485mm (19.1") 
           Monitor-1: VGA-1 res: 1600x900 hz: 60 dpi: 94 size: 434x236mm (17.1x9.3") 
           diag: 494mm (19.4") 
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 compat-v: 3.0 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403 
           Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.19.0-27-amd64 running: yes 
           Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 12.2 running: yes 
Network:   Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
           port: 5080 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502 class-ID: 0200 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel 
           modules: wl port: efa0 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280 
           IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 117.68 GiB (25.3%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB 
           block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> 
           rev: 3B6Q scheme: MBR 
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 463.73 GiB size: 455.38 GiB (98.20%) used: 117.68 GiB (25.8%) 
           fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
           dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3120 
Repos:     Packages: 2313 note: see --pkg apt: 2307 lib: 1192 flatpak: 6 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ buster main non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn.list 
           1: deb https://repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
Info:      Processes: 242 Uptime: 1h 34m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.68 GiB used: 3.71 GiB (48.3%) 
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.93 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 
           alt: 8 Shell: quick-system-in default: Bash v: 5.0.3 running-in: quick-system-in 
           inxi: 3.3.06 

How do I uninstall FF? Also, I've already forgotten how I was instructed to get new FF version from MX website and use it. BTW after I installed FF 135 32bit I noticed that my History was retained, as well as the passwords I have saved for various websites, etc. If I uninstall FF 135 32bit so as to be able to install FF 135 64bit, will that blow all that away?

[CharlesV]

you should save out all your ff data that you want, just in case.. but typically all of your data will be left in ~/.mozilla/firefox/{your profile}

to uninstall:

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sudo apt remove firefox

to install:

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sudo apt install firefox

you can then verify which is installed with

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apt list firefox 

[Stevo]

Wow, I don't even remember if apt had replaced apt-get yet in MX 19. If not, just replace "apt" with "apt-get".

But you can directly download and install the latest amd64 deb from the MX repo. MX 21 and 23 packages are essentially the same in this case, because we don't build those from source.

https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/pool/main/f/firefox/

[Seeker]

thanks! when I remove the 32bit FF 135 will I lose my history and stored passwords or will they remain somewhere and be picked up by the FF 135 64bit?

[FullScale4Me]

thanks! when I remove the 32bit FF 135 will I lose my history and stored passwords or will they remain somewhere and be picked up by the FF 135 64bit?

Setup your current Firefox to Sync. IIRC the cloud will hold all that info for your reinstall. I use it and see it working for passwords, bookmarks, and toolbar links. The sync setup page will show you what is synched.

After reinstalling setup Firefox to Sync with the same account. It takes a minute or so to pull everything in. I've done this many times here on several PCs.

[Stevo]

thanks! when I remove the 32bit FF 135 will I lose my history and stored passwords or will they remain somewhere and be picked up by the FF 135 64bit?

All of those are stored in the hidden .mozilla folder in your home directory, which will not be affected by the removal and reinstall. But you really should be also archiving it into a tar.gz file or something, as part of a normal backup of things you don't want to risk losing. Or do full backups, too.

[Seeker]

I downloaded the MX 135.01 amd64bit for MX 21. But when I went into xfce terminal emulator to remove my current FF, I was not able to enter my admin password after I entered the command sudo apt remove firefox. i typed it in but nothing appeared on screen. where do I go to enter the sudo command? also, once I've removed FF, do I just right click on the downloaded FF file, which is in my downloads folder, and choose the first option? thanks.