Wow! That's what I call an explanation. I suppose I'll sit and wait on Adobe like everyone else.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:44 PM, pablomme <pablo...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Is it a problem with GTK+ or ia32-libs? > > The big picture here is that GTK+ changed the way it does certain > things, intentionally and as an improvement. What should happen then is > that every piece of software that relies on GTK+ would be updated to > cope with/take advantage of the new stuff. And so it has happened with > all FOSS projects using GTK+. However, nobody but Adobe can change > libflashplayer.so, and they haven't. That is THE problem, and THE > solution lies with Adobe. > > Now, for workarounds. The GTK+ change came with the ability to revert to > the old behaviour via environment variables. A possible workaround would > be to modify web browsers (and everything else that uses > libflashplayer.so) to set up their environment so that the GTK+ calls > made from within the Flash player stick to legacy behaviour. Chromium > (if the reports above are correct) has done this, others haven't. > Remember that this situation is supposed to be temporary - one would > expect Adobe to *eventually* fix libflashplayer.so - so it might not be > worth for browsers to go through this. > > Another workaround is applicable to 64-bit systems, where a 32-bit > libflashplayer.so is used (this is sub-optimal, and again nothing can be > done because of Flash being proprietary). The interface between the > 64-bit browser and the 32-bit plugin is nspluginwrapper. The 32-bit > plugin then uses 32-bit libraries (including GTK+), which are gathered > in this thing called ia32-libs. By modifying the nspluginwrapper > scripts, one can directly modify the environment under which > libflashplayer.so is run, without need to modify the browser itself. > > To answer your question, there is no problem with GTK+, there is a > problem with Flash not being updated to cope with updates to GTK+. And > ia32-libs simply mirrors the current versions of common libraries, it's > not to be blamed either. > > -- > Clicking on items in Flash player does nothing [READ DESCRIPTION] > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410407 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- Clicking on items in Flash player does nothing [READ DESCRIPTION] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410407 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
