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Firefox stops playing sound, closing Firefox leaves straggling processes running, kill those and sound returns, how to fix?

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jvin248
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Firefox 3.6.8 just now on Ubuntu 9.10, but happens on 8.04-10.04 Ubuntu with related older Firefox versions.

Problem is probably related to Youtube/Flash problems, but something gets stuck in Firefox. I can close the main instance of Firefox, but looking in 'top' I can still find processes running for Firefox (sometimes if I try to restart Firefox I will get a note that Firefox is already running). If I kill those 'runaway processes' then restart Firefox I have Youtube/etc sound back.

When this happens all programs on the computer cannot produce sound. When processes killed then sound works all around.

Firefox 3.6.8 just now on Ubuntu 9.10, but happens on 8.04-10.04 Ubuntu with related older Firefox versions. Problem is probably related to Youtube/Flash problems, but something gets stuck in Firefox. I can close the main instance of Firefox, but looking in 'top' I can still find processes running for Firefox (sometimes if I try to restart Firefox I will get a note that Firefox is already running). If I kill those 'runaway processes' then restart Firefox I have Youtube/etc sound back. When this happens all programs on the computer cannot produce sound. When processes killed then sound works all around.

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NormC
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I was able to fix this problem on my computer in Windows 7. Try going to start/control panel/programs and then uninstall the flash plugin - then start browser again go to a flash video and when prompted install plugin again. This worked well for me let me know how everyone else makes out.