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Flash (youtube) getting blacked out

Asked by Anil Gobburi

Youtube(flash) getting black screen when i make it play and switch to any other window.
This is happening to both firefox and chromium. I am using Ubuntu 13.10 . I have Dell XPS 13

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michael (yellupcm-gmail) said : 		#1

Down load Chrome, it uses a different flash.
To watch YouTube I use Minitube 1.9, it works well.

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Anil Gobburi (anil-gobburi) said : 		#2

This does not happen all the time. It happens around 50% of the times.
BUT i think this is a bug. so wanted to inform our ubuntu community .

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'

Thanks

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Anil Gobburi (anil-gobburi) said : 		#4

sb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | egrep 'flash|gnash|swf|spark'
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy
Linux anil-mate 3.11.0-14-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 12 17:04:55 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ii flashplugin-installer 11.2.202.332ubuntu0.13.10.1 amd64 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

sudo apt-get --purge remove flashplugin-installer

Then in software centre, enable the partner repo and install the adobe-flashplugin package.

Then run the browser again, is it ok?

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Anil Gobburi (anil-gobburi) said : 		#6

How can I enable the partner repo and install the adobe-flashplugin package? (please bear with my ignorance)

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+enable+partner+repo

Never done that before?

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Anil Gobburi (anil-gobburi) said : 		#8

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.