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I've had the frequent Firefox crashing problem too. But in this case, I was using Firefox 2.0.0.14 that I had installed (along with a hand installed Flash 10 Beta). But I had more severe problems that would include whole system lock ups. I would be view a site with Flash enabled (usually those that have some form of sound) and perform some other activity. Then randomly my system would lock up and the sound bit would go into an infinite loop. Or I might be playing a video (for instance) with mplayer, go to a site with Flash enabled and my system would freeze.
I've tried using the solution proposed on the link below:
http://
However, that actually would cause other media that seems to be using some form of audio to halt (e.g. mplayer as I'm watching a movie) or simply crash altogether.
Now, while I'm sure that this is a Flash and PulseAudio problem partly, I'm not certain if it's entirely the culprits. I have two systems with Ubuntu Hardy running. A Dell Inspiron 600M with a similar setup as my Desktop which is a SD30G2 that I built (i.e. they both have a hand installed Firefox 2.0.0.14 with a hand installed Flash plugin). My Dell operates just fine with all Flash content thus far, although I have not tried playing Flash content simultaneously with something else using audio on the system. My desktop though has been acting strangely. Perhaps, because I use an NVIDIA card, which seemed to cause me a lot of grief since upgrading from 7.0.4. I'm not sure if my system lock ups on my desktop are a combination of the hardware, PulseAudio and Flash.
Anyway, this is a pretty freaky bug and I'm curious to hear if anyone else has encountered something similar.