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2404 linux: install pulseaudio-utils#1148

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@aerickson aerickson commented Mar 25, 2026

pipewire has replaced pulseaudio on 2404, but we have tests that want to use pactl.
not sure if they'll work with pactl fronting pipewire, but give it a try.

Discovered via https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D289027.

pipewire has replaced pulseaudio on 2404, but we have tests that want to use pactl.
not sure if they'll work with pactl fronting pipewire, but give it a try.
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This matches what we're doing in-tree for the docker tests fwiw (https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/rev/26c440c6196eb0b428928d995395c97101d393f4/taskcluster/docker/recipes/ubuntu2404-test-system-setup-base.sh#73)

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For further reference, as of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1924806 / mozilla-firefox/firefox@f575ec2, mochitest uses pactl info to figure out whether the system uses pulseaudio or pipewire. In the pipewire case it uses pw-cli and pw-dump to manage the dummy audio devices.

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