Sorry for clipping out all the text, I know that OP mentioned that he had to kill Firefox to get it to release the sound hardware. I don't blame it on Firefox; my understanding is that once FF starts Flash Player, Flash Player keeps running until FF closes ... -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user