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Description of problem:
 Firefox UI doesn't work properly if pulseaudio process is not running.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
 firefox-10.0.7-1.el6_3.x86_64

How reproducible:
 always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. kill or don't install pulseaudio
2. start firefox as normal user
3. click "Bookmarks"
  
Actual results:
 the menu opens quickly

Expected results:
 menu opens only after 20-30 seconds delay

Additional info:
 After starting "pulseaudio" as the same user Firefox's menus started responding properly.

I noticed this by first installing a server with X/GNOME, and later did yum groupinstall for graphical environment. 

A server environment shouldn't require audio, and Firefox is sometimes needed for configuring servers such as RHEV-M.

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It seems that firefox starts pulseaudio if it's not running. However it will fail if pulseaudio is not installed.

I'd say the bug is real; it's very common to install server first without X, and then later install Firefox and X dependencies.

Maybe this could be fixed by adding pulseaudio to Firefox dependencies?

I removed pulseaudio from my rhel6 virtual box (by yum remove pulseaudio) and reboot the box and firefox works fine w/o any problem. So I don't see the problem you're talking about. I also removed a soundcard from the virtual box and it does not affect FF either.

And I don't see any dupes for this bug...so it still looks like a WONTFIX or WORKSFORME.

ok, maybe I had some other problem on the server earlier. Lets close this then. Thanks!