workaround for flash mouse problem (bug #410407)

[jsangilve]

thanks cyan. I've been trying with differents methods, but just this works great

[Intlex]

Worked great for me. Thank you very much !

[bartman]

I don't personally recommend using that script as it performs filesystem operations without the package manager's knowledge. This can leave your system in an inconsistent state.

It's also downloading the 64-bit Alpha from Adobe, which works for some people, but not others (including me... I get crashes on some flash websites).

Well yes, that's why it is called alpha! But I've been using this for 2 months now and haven't had any problems. I supposed that anyone using this script knows what they are doing and could handle any new packages that might come down the line.

Unfortunately what happens on the net:
- copying without attribution (backlink to blog)
- using tips without understanding them
- depending on non-permalinks

Read more here: http://constcuriosity.blogspot.com/2....html#comments

EDIT: Ah, I see you found a way to make nspluginwrapper work. You make some good points about "soiling" the system, every user should uninstall this when installing the flashplugin-nonfree.

[rich97]

Actually, I don't understand why people are using that script in the first place. The first solution is easier and it has worked perfectly for me.

[bartman]

I use it because it's native and newer version for 64-bit Linux systems. I never even tried flash on 64 bit with nspluginwrapper because I knew adobe released a native version.

It has been working well for me and until they release a more stable version, that gets included into the repos I will use it. I know about this so it won't be a problem to upgrade whenever the time comes but it is safe to assume all will not.

I'll put a warning about that into the blog.

[Lloyd09]

Just wanted to post this here for everyone's benefit (and hopefully less spam in the bugreport).

In comment #143, Edward posted a workaround which works for me as well as others. However, I have an alternative workaround which doesn't involve creating files that the package manager won't know about (bad thing):

Edit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer to include a line, "export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1".

Step-by-step instructions:

1) Run "gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer" with Alt-F2.
2) Add the "export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1" immediately before the last line of text.
3) Save and exit.

You should then be golden! Please post here if it doesn't work. Also, please remember to revert the npviewer script to its original state when next upgrading your system.

For reference, my npviewer script looks like:

#!/bin/sh
TARGET_OS=linux
TARGET_ARCH=i386

# dgt 02 Nov 2009
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

. /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/noarch/npviewer

worked like a charm, thanks man

[Cyan_Fire]

@bartman: Yeah, there's nothing inherently wrong about using that script. The reason why I suggested against it in this thread is because my point here is not to help people that want to experiment but people who just want flash to work.

[s5cressey]

After much fuss trying other things this worked great. Thanks Cyan.

[fiklein]

I had no problems with five 32 bit computers, but the two 64 bit computers needed this solution:
Step-by-step instructions:

1) Run "gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer" with Alt-F2.
2) Add the "export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1" immediately before the last line of text.
3) Save and exit.

WORKED FLAWLESSLY!!!

Many thanks!!

[WaCope]

Thanks for the quick fix.
I thought was gonna haunt me until 10.04.