Problem "solved": esd was blocking the audio device, so killing it until I'm done watching the flash animation works around the problem.
The real bug is that libflash and gnome need to play nice with the sound device. I'm not sure what the proper fix for this is.
Problem "solved": esd was blocking the audio device, so killing it until I'm done watching the flash animation works around the problem.
The real bug is that libflash and gnome need to play nice with the sound device. I'm not sure what the proper fix for this is.