Comment 213 for bug 410407

Hi,

Thank you for responding. What you just posted is greek to me. lol
I have been using Ubuntu Linux for about a year now and I absolutely love
it. I have no idea about all the techy terms. I still have a lot to learn.

One day I will get the nerve to experiment.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Jim Parks <email address hidden> wrote:

> Howdy. I had the same issue on Ubuntu 9.10, 32-bit, Firefox 3.5.7 on
> both Blackbox and Fluxbox -- but not Gnome, and not with Chrome.
>
> What solved it for me was tacking the following line on /etc/profile:
>
> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
>
> and logging out and back in again.
>
> That fixes it across the board for all users. No idea what it may
> break, though.
>
> JP
>
> --
> Flash does not work correctly [READ DESCRIPTION]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410407
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in Chromium Browser: Invalid
> Status in Compiz: Invalid
> Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Invalid
> Status in “compiz” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in “nspluginwrapper” package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> ===+++ _____________________ ! ALL USERS ! _____________________ +++===
> ===+++ READ THIS BEFORE MAKING A COMMENT OR MODIFICATION +++===
>
> IMPORTANT 1: Please see the WORKAROUND a few lines below.
>
> IMPORTANT 2: Please don't post any "me too message"; use the "Does this bug
> affect you?" feature you can find a bit above this bug description on
> launchpad.
>
> IMPORTANT 3: Do not post anything if you haven't read all comments to
> verify that your point hasn't been made. If you feel tempted to stop reading
> because there are too many messages, that is a strong indicator that you
> shouldn't add even more comments. Developers have a tough time to find
> anything if you post redundant stuff. So please abstain from doing that.
>
> =================================================
>
> So here the bug and workarounds.
>
> For example on youtube, whilst it recognises my mouse moving over various
> buttons, actual mouse clicks are not recognised. I can navigate using 'tab'
> but this is very painful. I can also right click. The problem doesn't occur
> with other flash players, e.g. swfdec-mozilla.
>
> WORKAROUND 1: Disable compiz
> WORKAROUND 2: Remove flashplugin-nonfree / flashplugin-installer and
> install from adobe
> WORKAROUND 3: Open a terminal and enter:
>
> gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
>
> Then add: export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 before the last line of text
>
> Note: Chrome & Chromium are now working fine without workaround
>
> These workaround's have been verified to work for some users. We don't need
> verification of whether or not they work for you.
>
> =================================================
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Fri Aug 7 19:22:11 2009
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.22.87ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
> SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64
>
>
>
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