Saturday, November 7, 2009

I Cannot Click On Flash In Ubuntu : Solved

If you're experiencing the current annoying bug with Adobe Flash not registering mouse clicks (e.g. on YouTube, etc) then you'll be pleased to hear that there is a relatively easy fix (for now).



I must thank MrPantucci for making me aware of this. The solution comes from the official bug report for this issue.

Ready?
  • Hit ALT+F2 and enter
  • gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
  • add the following line BEFORE the last line of text
  • export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
  • Save.
  • Restart any applications using flash
Originally Posted at OMG Uuntu
Posted by at 6:30 AM

45 comments:

  1. it doesn't work, the gedit opened an empty file, there not text there.

    anyway after i paste
    "export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1"

    and click save

    this message appeared.

    "Could not find the file /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer."

    please help...
    strange thing is, flash always seem to work in firefox, but not in chrome. why is this?

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  2. hey try just running it from the terminal...

    sudo nano /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer

    this is what mine looks like (works GREAT)

    #!/bin/sh
    TARGET_OS=linux
    TARGET_ARCH=i386
    export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
    . /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch/npviewer

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  3. R@YMOŊÐ, the path is different in 64 bit ubuntu. I got that too - its what happens when you try to edit a file that doesn't exist (yet).

    Try instead sudo gedit /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.

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  4. wow, thanks for the quick responce :-)

    Haze: after i type that in the terminal, it kindda hang. some weird symbols came out and it stop responding. I can still type stuff in the terminal but nothing happens

    Chris: i installed 32bit ubuntu 9.10. but to be sure i went to check. in "system monitor", under the system tab, it says my system is running Linux Mint 8 helena. I feel strange, is it because i installed the mint menu? is this why the sudo stuff above dont work?

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  5. Thanks, it also works on Kubuntu x64

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  6. I'm also on 32-bit 9.10 and that file doesn't exist for me either.

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  7. Works awesome on ubuntu 9.10 64 bit edition. Now i can play games that require clicks and watch youtube videos

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  8. Not everyone has nspluginwrapper, in fact, most probably don't.

    Try adding it to /etc/environment.

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  9. WOW!
    very wonderful. Thanks for sharing this!

    BR
    Husain

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  11. Thanks man. Works great. This was really bugging me to.

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  12. Very helpful - thanks!

    One note: I couldn't get it to work after restarting Firefox several times. I had to restart Ubuntu itself. Now it works like a charm!

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  17. wow, thanks alot.. i was about to give up on linux lol

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  18. Thanks a lot!
    This works on my 64-bit PC too! (Flash must be calling the i386 script then even though the machine is 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10)

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  19. thanks
    it works on my Mandriva 2010
    but this should be included by default
    hope they fix this in new releases

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  20. awesome awesome awesome, I've converted so many friends to Ubuntu, but one thing they always moan about is flash (with compiz). Now I can fix it for them :D Thank you!

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  21. you are such a star!
    Thank you!

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  22. Thanks ubuntu 10.04 x64 Beta 1

    A-ok!

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  23. Thumbs up!
    It works on Google Chrome/Chromium on Ubuntu 10.04 Beta 64-bit.

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  26. i did the command from te console and on Ubuntu 10.04 64bit it works!! YES you make my day.

    Why is this bug not solved on 10.04???? itś more than a 6 months now for me and the solution is not that difficult.

    anyway thanks

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  27. Thanks this solved the problem perfectly

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  28. This worked great for me too! Thanks a ton!

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  30. Here here. I have the 64b version, and /usr/lib64/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
    already had the line you suggested. I added it also to /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer and now flash buttons finally work.
    One thing though, why do people still use the 32b version of Ubuntu? I'm thinking most people have a 64b processor by now.

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  31. Hey thanks for the great work. It workes very good. :D
    Thumbs up

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  33. You saved my mental health, I was becoming crazy!!! Thanks

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  34. Works perfectly! First I also got just an empty gedit but i just installed nspluginwrapper from Synaptic and then we are making magic! :)

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  35. Works great on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64 bit

    Thanks

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  36. works on Mandriva 2010 64-bit. Thanks! - it was a headache...

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  37. Works on Mandriva 2010.1! Thanks!!!

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  39. I love you xD I have had this problem for months and now it's solved, your fix works great!!!
    (Ubuntu 9.10 64bit)

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  40. works like a charm here, thats the solution i was looking for...
    Ubuntu 10.04 64bit here(installed the plugin adobe flash with the manage plugin)...

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  41. thx a lot
    works on lucid lynx
    easy

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  44. this solution doesn't work on 32bit versions, i'm using Ubuntu 9.10 32bit and Chrome Browser. I've latest flash player plugin installed 10.1.102

    any ideas?

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  45. @Fido I think it doesn't work because chrome now has native support for flash, it doesn't use the system flash plugin

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