If you are able to view Flash videos but you are unable to view them if you try to make them full screen, then you may have a problem with the Flash player and your video drivers. This article describes how to work around this problem.
- If you are unable to view Flash content at all, see Flash Plugin - Keep it up to date and troubleshoot problems.
- If you are unable to view videos at all, see Fix common audio and video issues.
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Preload the libGL.so.1 library
On Linux, this problem can often be resolved changing the command used to launch Firefox so that a graphics library is loaded along with Firefox:
- Ubuntu (and other GNOME-based distributions): Click on the menu and select . The Main Menu window appears.
- Click on the program group called .
- Select and click on the button. The Launcher properties window appears.
- Insert the string
env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libGL.so.1
before the text specified in the Command field:
- Click on to dismiss the Launcher properties window.
- Click on to exit the Main menu window.
If the problem is not solved, go to the next section.
Reset Zoom
Press and hold commandCtrl while pressing 0 to reset the Firefox zoom.
If the problem is not solved, go to the next section.
Disable Flash hardware acceleration
First make sure you are using the latest version of Flash (to check your version visit this Adobe test page) and then do the following:
- Go to this Adobe Flash Player Help page.
- Right-clickHold down the Control key while you click on the Flash Player logo on that page, then click on in the context menu. The Adobe Flash Player Settings screen will open.
- Click on the icon at the bottom-left of the Adobe Flash Player Settings window to open the Display panel.
- Remove the check mark from Enable hardware acceleration.
- Click to close the Adobe Flash Player Settings Window.
- Restart Firefox.
If this workaround allows you to view full screen videos, you should try to update your graphics drivers.
If the problem is not solved, go to the next section.
Unredirect full screen windows in Compiz
Compiz OpenGL compositing manager is known to interfere with displaying Flash in full screen.
- Go to >
- Check mark Unredirect Full Screen Windows.
Based on information from Web Upd8