Flash plugin does not receive clicked signals.

[Paolo Redaelli]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

Clicked signals are not delivered to the plugin while mouseover are correctly received.
In fact Flash application like youtube correctly reacts to mouse movements, i.e. showing volume bar overing the mouse on the volume icon and going over paly/pause button highlight it but clicking has no effects. This is not limited to youtube but to all flash sites.

OS is Ubuntu karmic (development branch) 9.10,
Package version is 10.0.32.18ubuntu1.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 17 21:44:07 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.32.18ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic x86_64

[Paolo Redaelli (paolo-redaelli)]

Clicks done with control key pressed are received by the plugin as normal clicks.

[Jeffrey Baker (jwbaker)]

Confirmed on Karmic x86_64. Started happening about a month ago. This makes it impossible to play embedded youtube videos, although videos on the youtube site itself play automatically.

[Paolo Redaelli (paolo-redaelli)]

Jeffrey Baker ha scritto:
> Confirmed on Karmic x86_64. Started happening about a month ago. This
> makes it impossible to play embedded youtube videos, although videos on
> the youtube site itself play automatically.

Also other Flash sites are affected, i.e. online courses based on the
SCORM/AICC standard; as I wrote in a note clicking with control key
pressed is an annoying but usable workaround.
Cheers
    Paolo

[Joseph Wakeling (webdrake)]

I've noted this problem with the flash plugin, but also that minimizing and then restoring the browser window usually restores clickability. Does this work for anyone else?

[Paolo Redaelli (paolo-redaelli)]

Joseph Wakeling ha scritto:
> I've noted this problem with the flash plugin, but also that minimizing
> and then restoring the browser window usually restores clickability.
> Does this work for anyone else?

With openbox as window manager it does not work. I'll check ASAP with
metacity and with compiz.

[Claudio Moretti (flyingstar16)]

Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.32.18ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-6.26-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-6-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev sambashare tape video www-data

[Claudio Moretti (flyingstar16)]

May I suggest a title change? Something like "Flash Player does not correctly handle clicks"?

[Joseph Wakeling (webdrake)]

Paolo Redaelli wrote:
> With openbox as window manager it does not work. I'll check ASAP with
> metacity and with compiz.

That might explain my success -- I'm running Kubuntu Karmic with desktop effects disabled.

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

This is a duplicate bug report. You should not post new comments here. Please read all comments on the other bug report before posting anything new. The large list of comments is a good indication what you have said is already there.

You should read the description carefully as well. This is a duplicate of 410407 which is stated on the top of this bug report.