User reported a work-around: Edit (or create) /etc/X11/xorg.conf as follows: (ugh, can't format, should be a tab before each line except the first and the last).
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "intel" Option "AccelMethod" "uxa" EndSection Restart X (reboot, restart your display manager, whatever). Colors are back to the way they used to be and flash works. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gvfs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1178982 Title: Flash plug-in displays Purple / green and malformed screen in Firefox (Lubunt 13.04) Status in “gvfs” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 1. Lubuntu 13.04 / Linux 3.8.0.-19-generic 2. I do not know and can not check as the computer in question is no longer in my possession Flash does not play movies properly, resulting in a purple/green screen that is completely out of proportion. Happens mainly on Dell Dimension computers with an Intel chipset: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2132368&p=12641898#post12641898 One user reported falling back to an older Kernel as a workaround "I did find the following workaround. When booting, I choose the Advanced Ubuntu options and pick either Linux 3.5.0-27-generic or Linux 3.2.0-40-generic. With either, the video/flash is fine. The default kernel is Linux 3.8.0-19-generic, and that is the version where it does not work" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1178982/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
