After all this time, there is finally a fix for the flash crash that works. Do the following:
first run the following just to refresh:
sudo apt-get update
add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thielmann/ubuntu hardy main
you can use the following command to do so easily
sudo echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/thielmann/ubuntu hardy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
then run
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfreebeta && sudo apt-get remove libflashsupport
then, edit your /etc/asound.conf file
sudo gedit /etc/asound.conf
to contain the following contents:
pcm.pulse {
type pulse
}
ctl.pulse {
type pulse
}
pcm.!default {
type pulse
}
ctl.!default {
type pulse
}
save this file, then finally install one last package
sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins
