Can't Click Play/Pause in Flash (Youtube etc) on Ubuntu?

If you can't click buttons etc on flash videos in Ubuntu here is the fix from: http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-cannot-click-on-flash-in-ubuntu.html
I have Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit and it worked for me.

Hit ALT+F2 and enter the below line

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer
Add the following line BEFORE the last line of text
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
Save.
Restart any applications using flash

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I would like to say thank you

I would like to say thank you to author of these articles on this site. I read all of these articles and i need to read some new articles. I've watched a video on youtube about this topic for now and i loved it. Also it is one of the rarely topic on this site.

See you on a new topic...

thank you thank you thank you

works perfect noticed the difference right away

against all my expectations

against all my expectations (it looked way too plain and easy!) it works. thank you!

Thanks

I thought this was a YouTube-Problem, but when I googled it, I found this post. Thanks for putting this up!

Thanks!

Nice Post! Very Helpful!

Brilliant!

WTF?! That was a pretty big oversight! Is this a problem that Ubuntu should have caught? Thanks for the fix!

Great !

Pretty good tips ! It works perfectly for Chromium and with the last ubuntu version (Lucid Lynx today).
Thanks !

It works!

Thanks a lot for this - it solved my problem!!

Works

 Worked perfectly thanks. 

Empty file

When trying to edit the file mentioned under Ubuntu 9.10 i386 I see a blank file.

Thanks for sharing this blog.

Thanks for sharing this blog. I actually do experience this most of the time. Good thing you have shared a remedy for this problem. I actually tried it just now and it really works!

thankyou

Worked perfectly, Kudos!

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