Moved bug to flashplugin-nonfree and marked as fixed, since flash 9 beta (which solves the issue) landed in feisty and {edgy,dapper}-backports.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: firefox => flashplugin-nonfree Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released -- Firefox hangs when flash tries to play a sound https://launchpad.net/bugs/27093 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs