I would like to add that I have this problem on two computers, my desktop and my laptop. Both of them use snd_hda_intel. My other computer that doesn't use snd_hda_intel doesn't have the problem. The problem appeared with kernel 2.6.20.5-16.29. Reverting to 2.6.20.5-15.20 definitely fixes the problem for me.
This is a major issue, as most web sites containing flash cause firefox to hang when navigating to another page.
I would like to add that I have this problem on two computers, my desktop and my laptop. Both of them use snd_hda_intel. My other computer that doesn't use snd_hda_intel doesn't have the problem. The problem appeared with kernel 2.6.20.5-16.29. Reverting to 2.6.20.5-15.20 definitely fixes the problem for me.
This is a major issue, as most web sites containing flash cause firefox to hang when navigating to another page.