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This happens in all browsers, only for flash objects with multimedia content. Non-multimedia flash objects work just fine, until I try to access the Settings, at which point the whole object becomes unresponsive (but doesn't give me an error about crashing).

I was also having problems with my audio drivers today; I'm not sure if that's related. I fixed those problems by following these instructions, ending with this command:

sudo aptitude --purge reinstall linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils linux-image-`uname -r` linux-ubuntu-modules-`uname -r` libasound2

I've tried basically everything I can think of as well as everything suggested in forums, blogs, etc. and now I'm at my wits' end. Anybody know what's going on or how I can fix it? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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Also, I'm running 11.10 64bit. – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 21:54

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enter image description hereGo to Mozilla website for plug-ins. Install flash-aid or flash-video-replacer.

You can reset Firefox back to OEM settings:

Backup your profile

sudo cp ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini.bak

Then remove it

sudo rm ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini

This will reset everything in firefox to default settings.

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Already tried flash-aid, didn't fix the problem. I'll try the other one too. – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 21:57
flash-video-replacer allowed my to watch a youtube video in firefox. However, it did not fix flash. It only works for videos that it knows how to handle. Not a fix, more like a bandaid, and not a good one at that. Thanks for the suggestions, though. – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 22:05
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If you are using ubuntu-restricted-extras, which installs the flashplugin-installer package, then it is using 32bit libs and isn't true 64bit. Try removing it
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge flashplugin-installer

Enable the partner repository in your sources.list
gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and look for

# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu oneiric partner

remove the # and save/exit
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin

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Good to know about flashplugin-installer. Still the same, though. – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 22:44
I guess it could be down to your video driver as well. What chipset are you using? – duffydack Mar 3 '12 at 22:48
Not sure. How would I find that out? – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 22:58
lspci | grep VGA – duffydack Mar 3 '12 at 23:01
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) – John P Bloch Mar 3 '12 at 23:02
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