I'll try and answer your questions:

> 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter
the problem,

Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Memory 3.4GBytes
Processor AMD A6-4400M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics x 2
Graphics VESA: DVST
OS type 32-bit
Disk 305.0GByte

HP Pavilion g6-2123us

After the fresh Ubuntu install, I installed mozilla's Thunderbird and
Firefox.

> 2. the behavior you expected, and

I was expecting the applications not to lock up.  I was also expecting
to be able to use sound when operating an HP g6-2123us  booted up in
Ubuntu.

> 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as
possible).

The Thunderbird and Firefox applications locked up during use.
Thunderbird would usually lockup upon accessing the 1st  email.  Firefox
locked up if right clicking on a URL in a web page.  I might be
mistaken, but I think if either application intended to use the audio
hardware, they would lock up (the application's window would darken and
the application's buttons would be unresponsive).  Note, even if the
application's buttons were unresponsive, the Ubuntu window buttons
(kill, minimize & full-screen) were usable.  If one clicked on the
Ubuntu kill button a pop up would appear saying the application was
unresponsive and asked if the application should be forcefully killed.

------------
Further information:

The /var/log/syslog was inspected.  It appears that the pulseaudio daemon 
failed to start on boot up:
---
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295591] Process pulseaudio (pid: 4898, 
ti=e9df0000 task=e1c0bf20 task.ti=e9df0000)
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295594] Stack:
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295597]  00000010 000240d0 eb78c180 
e9f35c00 e9df1d14 f8793de2 00000080 e9f35c00
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295610]  ebb2a100 e9df1d14 f87003b7 
e9f35c00 00000000 eb7de000 00000000 eb0a4e2c
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295622]  eb78c180 e9f35c00 eb7dc24c 
e9df1d40 f86e9b73 00000080 f7132238 eb78c180
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295633] Call Trace:
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295642]  [<f8793de2>] 
hdmi_pcm_open+0x32/0x210 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295657]  [<f87003b7>] ? 
snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step+0x37/0x40 [snd_pcm]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295666]  [<f86e9b73>] 
azx_pcm_open+0x1d3/0x280 [snd_hda_intel]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295678]  [<f86fee93>] 
snd_pcm_open_substream+0x53/0x90 [snd_pcm]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295689]  [<f86fef8a>] 
snd_pcm_open+0xba/0x240 [snd_pcm]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295699]  [<c1053fe0>] ? 
try_to_wake_up+0x190/0x190
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295710]  [<f8cc8044>] ? 
snd_lookup_minor_data+0x44/0x60 [snd]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295722]  [<f86ff19b>] 
snd_pcm_playback_open+0x3b/0x50 [snd_pcm]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295733]  [<f8cc8544>] snd_open+0xd4/0x260 
[snd]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295740]  [<c1386d6c>] ? 
kobj_lookup+0xfc/0x1a0
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295748]  [<c1148765>] 
chrdev_open+0xb5/0x1e0
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295757]  [<c11427de>] 
__dentry_open+0x25e/0x310
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295763]  [<c11486b0>] ? cdev_put+0x20/0x20
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295769]  [<c1142d5a>] vfs_open+0x3a/0x50
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295775]  [<c1143c59>] 
nameidata_to_filp+0x39/0x40
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295782]  [<c11510b7>] do_last+0x367/0x660
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295787]  [<c11523e4>] 
path_openat+0xa4/0x350
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295794]  [<c117c084>] ? 
fsnotify_put_event+0x44/0x60
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295800]  [<c117c084>] ? 
fsnotify_put_event+0x44/0x60
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295806]  [<c11527a1>] 
do_filp_open+0x31/0x80
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295814]  [<c12b7958>] ? 
strncpy_from_user+0x38/0x70
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295820]  [<c115dd13>] ? alloc_fd+0xa3/0xe0
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295826]  [<c1143d41>] 
do_sys_open+0xe1/0x1f0
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295839]  [<f8ccd390>] ? 
snd_ctl_elem_add_user+0x70/0x70 [snd]
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295846]  [<c1143e7e>] sys_open+0x2e/0x40
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295854]  [<c15ac69f>] 
sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295857] Code: 8d b6 00 00 00 00 0f b7 16 
83 e8 02 83 c6 02 66 89 17 83 c7 02 eb 9f 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 55 89 e5 56 53 
83 ec 08 3e 8d 74 26 00 <8b> b0 84 00 00 00 89 c1 85 f6 7e 2b 8d 98 2c 0e 00 00 
31 c0 39 
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295929] EIP: [<f8793c5d>] 
hinfo_to_pin_index+0xd/0x60 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi] SS:ESP 0068:e9df1cc8
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295939] CR2: 0000000000000084
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo kernel: [ 8335.295944] ---[ end trace 698f71d3b8b827c9 
]---
Jul 13 15:24:05 frodo pulseaudio[4895]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup 
failed.
---

Here is a list of audio devices on the PCI bus:

lspci | grep -i audio
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9902
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller 
(rev 01)

Now I am thinking this audio hardware in the newly released HP g6-2123us
is too new for pulseaudio to successfully start.  But even if the
pulseaudio daemon failed, I find it hard to believe that Thunderbird
and/or Firefox should suffer an application lock up using the Ubuntu
default desktop.

Note: After un-installing the pulse audio package, I can run Thunderbird
and Mozilla for hours and not suffer a lock up.  Of course there is no
sound on the HP g6-2123us laptop when booted up in Ubuntu.

---

Lastly, I ran the alsa script (alsa-info.sh).  The output is lengthy.
I'll copy the first bits of it at the end of this post.  But this link
should (if it stays active (today is 2012.07.15)) contain everything the
script found on an HP g6-2123us laptop:

http://www.alsa-
project.org/db/?f=5610007bd259d2dfd0269464e4e1ed153e7e86a3


!!################################
!!ALSA Information Script v 0.4.61
!!################################

!!Script ran on: Sun Jul 15 15:42:34 UTC 2012


!!Linux Distribution
!!------------------

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS \n \l DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu
12.04 LTS"


!!DMI Information
!!---------------

Manufacturer:      Hewlett-Packard
Product Name:      HP Pavilion g6 Notebook PC
Product Version:   0791100000205610000620100
Firmware Version:  F.05


!!Kernel Information
!!------------------

Kernel release:    3.2.0-26-generic-pae
Operating System:  GNU/Linux
Architecture:      i686
Processor:         athlon
SMP Enabled:       Yes


!!ALSA Version
!!------------

Driver version:     1.0.24
Library version:    1.0.25
Utilities version:  1.0.25


!!Loaded ALSA modules
!!-------------------

snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_intel


!!Sound Servers on this system
!!----------------------------

Jack:
      Installed - Yes (/usr/bin/jackd)
      Running - No


!!Soundcards recognised by ALSA
!!-----------------------------

 0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0344000 irq 48
 1 [Generic_1      ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic
                      HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0340000 irq 49


!!PCI Soundcards installed in the system
!!--------------------------------------

00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 9902
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson Azalia Controller 
(rev 01)


!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's
!!-------------------------------------------------------

00:01.1 0403: 1002:9902
        Subsystem: 103c:1849
--
00:14.2 0403: 1022:780d (rev 01)
        Subsystem: 103c:1849


!!Modprobe options (Sound related)
!!--------------------------------

snd-atiixp-modem: index=-2
snd-intel8x0m: index=-2
snd-via82xx-modem: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2
snd-usb-caiaq: index=-2
snd-usb-ua101: index=-2
snd-usb-us122l: index=-2
snd-usb-usx2y: index=-2
snd-cmipci: mpu_port=0x330 fm_port=0x388
snd-pcsp: index=-2
snd-usb-audio: index=-2
...
...
...
---

-thanks

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