no video on firefox 12.0

[ahart01]

all video crashes and does not play.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: firefox 12.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: ahart02 1872 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC1: ahart02 1872 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20120423122624
CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found.
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'V8237'/'VIA 8237 with VIA1617A at 0xd400, irq 22'
   Mixer name : 'VIA Technologies VIA1617A'
   Components : 'AC97a:56494170'
   Controls : 55
   Simple ctrls : 35
Card1.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:1 'U0x46d0x809'/'USB Device 0x46d:0x809 at usb-0000:00:10.4-2, high speed'
   Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
   Components : 'USB046d:0809'
   Controls : 2
   Simple ctrls : 1
Card1.Amixer.values:
 Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
   Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined cswitch cswitch-joined penum
   Capture channels: Mono
   Limits: Capture 0 - 17
   Mono: Capture 15 [88%] [28.05dB] [on]
Channel: release
CheckboxSubmission: 9589b979ca8a6c3bed15ac4efe7d5156
CheckboxSystem: 0531969bcfd4f03af7405c98dc94a948
Date: Sun May 13 10:08:30 2012
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
 auto lo
 iface lo inet loopback
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
IpRoute:
 default via 192.168.5.1 dev eth0 proto static
 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link metric 1000
 192.168.5.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.5.101 metric 1
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=12.0/20120423122624 (Running)
RfKill:

RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-03 (9 days ago)
WifiSyslog:

dmi.bios.date: 11/05/2004
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080011
dmi.board.name: MS-7047
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080011:bd11/05/2004:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnMS-7047:pvr1.00:rvnMSI:rnMS-7047:rvr1.00:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7047
dmi.product.version: 1.00
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

 Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version.

When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:

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and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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