[Bug 104470] Re: firefox crashed -- libflashplayer.so

[Drew Woodard]

I am also someone experiencing the problem of browser freezes when
navigating away from flash pages, or closing flash pages.

One thing I found through trial and error was that the freezing problem went away when I disabled my onboard sound chipset, making me wonder about the audio driver, alsa, flash, or some interaction therein.
I posted this in a thread on the ubuntuforums and someone else with a similar sound chipset reported that when they disabled their onboard sound and used a standalone sound card instead their freezing problems stopped as well.  The thread in question is here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=340811&page=3

to the other people here experiencing the freezing problem, I am curious
to know what sound chipsets you have, and if disabling the sound
chipset, either through the bios or other means, causes this problem to
stop.  Obviously disabling sound isn't a solution to the problem but it
might help narrow it down.

my sound chipset is a "Realtek ALC888", aka "realtek hd audio", the
other person who determined their flash freezing was sound related also
reported having a "realtek hd audio" chipset


if I issue the command:
aplay -l
I get the following identification:


**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

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firefox crashed -- libflashplayer.so
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