I'll try the solution you gave just because I tried so long to solve the bug
but one solution that worked for me was upgrading to 9.04 and now I use
9.10. I find that they work great and this problem and others seemed to have
resolved themselves.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:56 PM, dstoian <email address hidden> wrote:
> There is a workaround for not being able to click on buttons in some
> flash apps (like youtube), see this post, which shows you how to install
> the 64 bit version of flash player:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8323064
>
> --
> [MASTER] Flash player doesn't work properly on Firefox 3 64bits (crash,gray
> square)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238606
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “adobe-flashplugin” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “flashplugin-nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Adobe's Flash plugin doesn't work every time. Some times it work properly,
> and some times it show just a gray square where it should show the embed
> flash object.
> On konqueror it works ok, so this is an issue of Firefox, not of flash.
>
> Some info of my system:
> janus@ernestina:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.04
> Release: 8.04
> janus@ernestina:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
> flashplugin-nonfree:
> Instalados: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
> Candidato: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
> Tabla de versión:
> *** 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://ftp.usf.edu hardy/multiverse Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> janus@ernestina:~$ apt-cache policy firefox
> firefox:
> Instalados: 3.0~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1~hardy
> Candidato: 3.0~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1~hardy
> Tabla de versión:
> *** 3.0~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1~hardy 0
> 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 0
> 500 http://ftp.usf.edu hardy/main Packages
> (I'm using FF3RC2, but it also didn't work properly on FF3RC1 nor FF3b5)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jun 9 13:11:53 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~rc2+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~fta1~hardy [modified:
> usr/lib/firefox-3.0/ffox-3-beta-profile-migration-dialog
> usr/lib/firefox-3.0/firefox]
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=es_AR:es
>
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=es_AR.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic x86_64
> UnreportableReason: Este no es un genuino paquete Ubuntu
>
I'll try the solution you gave just because I tried so long to solve the bug
but one solution that worked for me was upgrading to 9.04 and now I use
9.10. I find that they work great and this problem and others seemed to have
resolved themselves.
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:56 PM, dstoian <email address hidden> wrote:
> There is a workaround for not being able to click on buttons in some ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?p=8323064 /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 238606 nonfree” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed nonfree: ftp.usf. edu hardy/multiverse Packages dpkg/status nobinonly- 0ubuntu1~ fta1~hardy nobinonly- 0ubuntu1~ fta1~hardy nobinonly- 0ubuntu1~ fta1~hardy 0 ppa.launchpad. net hardy/main Packages dpkg/status nobinonly- 0ubuntu3 0 ftp.usf. edu hardy/main Packages dules: nvidia nobinonly- 0ubuntu1~ fta1~hardy [modified: firefox- 3.0/ffox- 3-beta- profile- migration- dialog firefox- 3.0/firefox] ture: amd64 username/ bin:/usr/ local/sbin: /usr/local/ bin:/usr/ sbin:/usr/ bin:/sbin: /bin:/usr/ games
> flash apps (like youtube), see this post, which shows you how to install
> the 64 bit version of flash player:
>
> http://
>
> --
> [MASTER] Flash player doesn't work properly on Firefox 3 64bits (crash,gray
> square)
> https:/
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in “adobe-flashplugin” package in Ubuntu: New
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
> Status in “flashplugin-
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Adobe's Flash plugin doesn't work every time. Some times it work properly,
> and some times it show just a gray square where it should show the embed
> flash object.
> On konqueror it works ok, so this is an issue of Firefox, not of flash.
>
> Some info of my system:
> janus@ernestina:~$ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.04
> Release: 8.04
> janus@ernestina:~$ apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
> flashplugin-
> Instalados: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
> Candidato: 9.0.124.0ubuntu2
> Tabla de versión:
> *** 9.0.124.0ubuntu2 0
> 500 http://
> 100 /var/lib/
> janus@ernestina:~$ apt-cache policy firefox
> firefox:
> Instalados: 3.0~rc2+
> Candidato: 3.0~rc2+
> Tabla de versión:
> *** 3.0~rc2+
> 500 http://
> 100 /var/lib/
> 3.0~b5+
> 500 http://
> (I'm using FF3RC2, but it also didn't work properly on FF3RC1 nor FF3b5)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jun 9 13:11:53 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> NonfreeKernelMo
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~rc2+
> usr/lib/
> usr/lib/
> PackageArchitec
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=es_AR:es
>
> PATH=/home/
> LANG=es_AR.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic x86_64
> UnreportableReason: Este no es un genuino paquete Ubuntu
>