Comment 59 for bug 865672

So how does one get Adobe to look into it? Are they motivated to fix their
bug for Linux users?

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Marc Deslauriers <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Apparently compiz isn't getting the mouse events from flash...someone
> from adobe needs to take a look.
>
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> Title:
> "Adobe Flash Player Settings" dialogue does not respond to mouse
> clicks
>
> Status in Chromium Browser:
> New
> Status in Compiz:
> New
> Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
> New
> Status in Midori: Webkit Web browser:
> Confirmed
> Status in Unity Distro Priority:
> Fix Released
> Status in “adobe-flashplugin” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
> Status in “midori” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> WORKAROUNDS:
>
> 1.
>
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html#117645
>
> 2. Click on the flash window. Now use the keyboard to tab through the
> settings dialog. Space to select.
>
> ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION:
> Adobe flash player is configured on my system to ask before a website
> sets a flash cookie, so if a video (eg on youtube) is played, a dialogue
> box will pop up asking me whether or not to allow the website to store a
> cookie on my machine. However, nothing happens when I click on either
> 'allow' or 'deny', so the box stays put and I can't view or control the
> video playing beneath it.
> On this machine I upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10; in 11.04 there was a
> program for adjusting the flash player settings in the System Settings
> control panel, but that program is no longer there and not accessible via
> the dash, so there is no obvious way to just configure flash to allow all
> cookies and avoid the dialogue box.
>
> Workaround: using Unity 2D instead
>
> Notice : the problem has been already corrected two years before :
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407?comments=all
> I'll add that it's perhaps because of Compiz : It works with Unity 2d,
> KDE, Gnome-Shell, Gnome-Session-With-No-Effect BUT it affects Ubuntu 3D,
> Gnome-Session Fallback and Caito-Dock session
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: firefox 7.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
> AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
> AplayDevices:
> **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 0/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: i386
> ArecordDevices:
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269 Analog [ALC269 Analog]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> AudioDevicesInUse:
> USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
> /dev/snd/controlC0: sean 1362 F.... pulseaudio
> /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: sean 1362 F...m pulseaudio
> BuildID: 20110929002329
> CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
> Card0.Amixer.info:
> Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xf7db8000 irq 44'
> Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC269'
> Components : 'HDA:10ec0269,104383ce,00100004'
> Controls : 12
> Simple ctrls : 7
> Channel: release
> Date: Mon Oct 3 12:51:36 2011
> ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/firefox-7.0.1/plugin-container
> ForcedLayersAccel: False
> IfupdownConfig:
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> IncompatibleExtensions: NoScript -
> ID={73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}, Version=2.1.4, minVersion=1.9a2,
> maxVersion=1.9.6, Location=app-profile, Type=extension, Active=Yes
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> IpRoute:
> default via 10.10.88.1 dev wlan0 proto static
> 10.10.88.0/21 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 10.10.92.255
> metric 2
> 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000
> Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=7.0.1/20110929002329 (Running)
> RunningIncompatibleAddons: True
> SourcePackage: firefox
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-26 (37 days ago)
> dmi.bios.date: 10/16/2009
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: 1102
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: 1005HA
> dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.board.version: x.xx
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
> dmi.chassis.type: 10
> dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
> dmi.chassis.version: x.x
> dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1102:bd10/16/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1005HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1005HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
> dmi.product.name: 1005HA
> dmi.product.version: x.x
> dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
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