I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Can I use unity 2D, gnome-shell,
gnome-classic-NO-effect, or KDE? If so, where would I get them? I'm new to
Linux.

I have gnome "failsafe" which I tried using but it didn't correct the flash
player problem.

Thanks.

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Gérald Maruccia
<email address hidden>wrote:

> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-
> nonfree/+bug/1000430
>
> This "bug" affects me in :
> - unity 3D
> - gnome-classic-fallback
> - cairo session
>
> This bug does NOT affect me in :
> - unity 2D
> - gnome-shell
> - gnome-classic-NO-effect
> - KDE
>
> all based on ubuntu 12.04
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/865672
>
> Title:
>  "Adobe Flash Player Settings" dialogue does not respond to mouse
>  clicks
>
> Status in Chromium Browser:
>  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
>
>  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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