Comment 72 for bug 865672

Here's an interesting bit: in chrome, using built in flash plugin (11.5,
NPAPI) mouse clicks work, although webcam video doesn't work (shows as
solid green color).

Gonçalo Marrafa

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Ham Radio <email address hidden>wrote:

> This bug is over a year old. Can we please have a fix, and backport it
> to Ubuntu 12.04? Thanks!
>
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> Title:
> "Adobe Flash Player Settings" dialog 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:
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1) Open a flash file. Be it a game, video, website, etc.
> 2) Right click on the flash player and select "Settings"
> 3) Try to click on something in the dialog box such as a checkbox or a
> tab
>
> What is expected to happen:
> The dialog box responds to user input, e.g. checking a checkbox or
> switching to a different tab.
>
> What happens instead:
> The dialog box does not respond. Nothing happens when the user interacts
> with it. The user must refresh the page to exit the dialog box.
>
> Workaround #1:
>
> 1) Go to
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager06.html#117645
> 2) Configure your Flash Player settings using the Settings Panel
>
> Workaround #2:
> 1) Open Flash in fullscreen mode
> 2) Open Settings and configure your preferences
>
> 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 Cairo-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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