Hi Chris
The reason I reported it against Firefox is that there is a Report a Problem link on the Help menu. Figured that since I use Firefox to listen to CBC, that the Firefox people  might be interested. Trying to report something to Adobe is next to impossible. I reported it right away to CBC yesterday, but unless its happening on Windows or iPods, it will take them a while to get around to looking into it. Meanwhile, my old netbook still has Ubuntu 10.04 on it, so its now playing audio streams. Coincidently, Adobe's Flash is offering to update itself on the netbook..... but I am declining the offer.

Meanwhile, I am going to install a fresh 10.04 on a spare hard drive, do all the updates except Adobe's & see what happens regarding CBC streaming audio. Then I will apply that update to see what happens again. Is there a way to un-install a particular update & thus have the system revert back to its pre-update condition ?

But back to your "why" question. It is the most obvious, most available link to actually getting something going when you experience problems with Ubuntu. 
Thanx for responding.
-George

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Coulson <email address hidden>
Date: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:45 pm
Subject: [Bug 969690] Re: CBC radio no longer streams after yesterday's Adobe update
To: <email address hidden>

> Thanks, but why report it against Firefox when you already confirmed
> Flash broke it and it happens in Chromium too? It seems that everybody
> is doing this today, and I'm just curious about why people keep 
> doing it
> 
> ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => adobe-flashplugin (Ubuntu)
> 
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> Title:
>   CBC radio no longer streams after yesterday's Adobe update
> 
> Status in “adobe-flashplugin” package in Ubuntu:
>   New
> 
> Bug description:
>   Adobe automatically updated yesterday March 30,  & 
> none of CBC radio's
>   streaming audio stations work anymore. The audio window 
> comes up, but
>   nothing happens.  It might be CBC's problem.... 
> they're a Windows
>   outfit & not very bright, but it seems to coincide with 
> that Adobe
>   update. Has also affected the Chromium browser. On further
>   investigation, my Live365 & CKUA Radio audio streams also 
> no longer
>   work on either browser. The audio windows come up but 
> nothing happens.
>   I use Ubuntu 11.10 on a desktop machine.
> 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: firefox 11.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686
>   AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
>   AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver 
> Version 1.0.24.
>   ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>   Architecture: i386
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID 
> ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  chuckleberry   
> 1418 F.... pulseaudio
>   BuildID: 20120310010446
>   CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>   Card0.Amixer.info:
>    Card hw:0 'CMI8738'/'C-Media CMI8738 (model 55) at 
> 0xd000, irq 19'
>      Mixer name	: 'CMedia PCI'
>      Components	: ''
>      Controls      
> : 41
>      Simple ctrls  : 22
>   Channel: release
>   Date: Fri Mar 30 17:12:26 2012
>   ForcedLayersAccel: False
>   IfupdownConfig:
>    auto lo
>    iface lo inet loopback
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - 
> Release i386 (20111012)
>   IpRoute:
>    default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0  proto static 
>    169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0  scope link  
> metric 1000 
>    192.168.0.0/24 dev eth0  proto kernel  
> scope link  src 192.168.0.100  metric 1
>   IwConfig:
>    lo        no 
> wireless extensions.
>    
>    eth0      no wireless 
> extensions.  ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - 
> LastVersion=11.0/20120310010446 (Running)
>   RfKill:
>    
>   RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
>   SourcePackage: firefox
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 02/25/2003
>   dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>   dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
>   dmi.board.name: KT400-8235
>   dmi.chassis.type: 3
>   dmi.modalias: 
> dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd02/25/2003:svnVIATechnologies,Inc.:pnKT400-8235:pvr:rvn:rnKT400-8235:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
>   dmi.product.name: KT400-8235
>   dmi.sys.vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
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