watching youtube hangs ubuntu 11.04

[nagamani]

Hi,
I always give a try for new ones. I installed ubuntu 11.04 after completely washing vista. But i face problems of complete hanging when i watch youtube videos and i have to force restart. please help to solve this. Iam new to ubuntu. I worry why am i switched over from vista, because watching youtube videos is a must for me.
Nagamani

[linuxyogi]

You need to mention your graphics hardware.

Check if direct rendering is working.



glxinfo | grep rendering

[Temüjin]

It's probably overheating.. install Flash-Aid extension to bring down CPU usage.