Fix for Flash is not recognizing mouse clicks

This is work around for Bug#410407

Procedure to follow

Method 1

First you need to edit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer file from terminal

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer

Add the following line before the last line of text

export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1

Save and exit the file

Note:- when you try to upgrading your system next time you need to revert back the changes

Method 2

Note:-- Using this script might break your system

Create a file called flashclickfix.sh and script credit goes here

gedit flashclickfix.sh

Add the following script

#!/bin/bash
# Script  created by
# Romeo-Adrian Cioaba [email protected]
# Jaša Bartelj [email protected]

echo "Stopping any Firefox that might be running."
sudo killall -9 firefox

echo "Removing any other flash plugin previously installed."
sudo apt-get remove -y --purge flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common mozilla-plugin-gnash swfdec-mozilla libflashsupport nspluginwrapper
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f ~/.mozilla/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -f /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/*flash*
sudo rm -rfd /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper

echo "Installing Flash Player 10."
sudo cd /tmp
sudo wget http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
sudo wget `cat flashplayer10.html | egrep -o "http:.*"|cut -d\" -f1|grep linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz`
ARCHIVE=`ls libflashplayer-*.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz`
echo "Version is $ARCHIVE."
sudo tar zxvf $ARCHIVE
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
echo "Linking the libraries so Firefox and apps built on XULRunner can find it."
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so  /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/
# now doing some cleaning up:
sudo rm -rf flashplayer10.html
sudo rm -rf libflashplayer.so
sudo rm -rf $ARCHIVE

Save and exit the file

Now you need to change the permissions on the script

sudo chmod 755 flashclickfix.sh

Run the script with the following command

sh flashclickfix.sh

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