Re: Flash - it hurts! Make it stop! :-(
On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 21:34 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Melissa Draper wrote: Dave Hall wrote: On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 11:59 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: Does anyone know a way to stop Firefox asking about installing missing plugins? Facebook is driving me nuts since they switched their status app to Flash, since i'm on 64-bit Gutsy. You could install FlashBlock - http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ even though I have flash working on AMD64, it cuts down the amount of bandwidth pointless crappy flash wastes noscript ( www.noscript.org ) gets rid of the javascript muck as well as the flash stuff, and allows rules by domain/subdomain/etc. OK - next question: is there a solution for 64-bit platforms which will allow me to run a 32-bit and a 64-bit browser simultaneously? I usually have 40 to 50 tabs across 5-10 different windows open at once, and i can't afford to stop running my 64-bit browser just to run a Flash site in my 32-bit browser. I have installed the adobe i386 flash within a amd64 install of hardy and it works fine. Try this * Close firefox * Run sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper \ ia32-libs-gtk flashplugin-nonfree * Start firefox and go to http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/ * Send a nice thank you email to the list :) Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: upgrading problems
On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 08:32 +1000, Victor Vahe Kevorkian wrote: Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04. After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had problem with gcc-3.3-doc (which I finally deleted it after searching for an hour for solutions). Probably the best solution in this case. Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but lost all my add-ons. I'm not sure this was meant to happen, granted it would be nice if firefox ported over all the add-ons, but i'm not sure they can yet. mainly firefox 3 is till beta. and because they made so many changes to firefox you need to get the latest version of the add-ons anyway. So sorry no easy solution you'll have to go download all those add-ons again. If you can't remember what you install i doubt the upgrade would of removed firefox 2 so you might find it hidden somewhere. The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which is not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN Misrosystems). After 7 hours of figuring out how to install the tar.bz2 and vboxusers rejections, when I finally saw the OS working came the most disappointing issue no USB entry, plus I can't connect to my network. VB1.5 was working like magic before. Can't really help don't use Virtural box. but isn't the installer in the repos ? can't you just apt-get virtural box or use synaptic. I need HELP, but please in very simple language with no abbreviations, I am 68yo and a candidate for a Heart Transplant. VB 1.6.0-OSE is built in Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows XP Professional. I appreciate your guidance and I will remain grateful forever. Theses are the last upgrades I will attempt to perform on my PC. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: upgrading problems
Hello Victor, Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04. After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had problem with gcc-3.3-doc (which I finally deleted it after searching for an hour for solutions). Perhaps some error messages? Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but lost all my add-ons. This is not the case for me - Firefox 3.0b5 merely informed me about a few of my addons will not work with FF3. The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which is not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN Misrosystems). After 7 hours of figuring out how to install the tar.bz2 and vboxusers rejections, when I finally saw the OS working came the most disappointing issue no USB entry, plus I can't connect to my network. VB1.5 was working like magic before. I did some searching on the web, found [1], not sure if you have seen it tho. [1] deals with USB and vboxusers issues, seems like what you need. I haven't tried anything personally, hope it works for you. Don't hesitate to ask for more help, if you need them. References: [1] http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/04/howto-install-virtualbox-in-hardy-heron.html -- Regards, Andy Goh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: upgrading problems
2008/5/7 Victor Vahe Kevorkian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Reluctantly, yesterday I went ahead and updated Ubuntu 7.10 to Ubuntu 8.04. After 45 minutes of downloading and 50 minutes of installing, I had problem with gcc-3.3-doc (which I finally deleted it after searching for an hour for solutions). Ubuntu 8.04 brought with it Firefox3, which is a welcomed Browser, but lost all my add-ons. Some former add-ons have been incorporated into FireFox 3. To get add-ons click on Tools and the Add-ons and make a selection. The most unfortunate incident was the new VirtualBox-1.6.0-OSE ( which is not an Innotek property anymore and it belongs to SUN Misrosystems). After 7 hours of figuring out how to install the tar.bz2 and vboxusers rejections, when I finally saw the OS working came the most disappointing issue no USB entry, plus I can't connect to my network. VB1.5 was working like magic before. I need HELP, but please in very simple language with no abbreviations, I am 68yo and a candidate for a Heart Transplant. VB 1.6.0-OSE is built in Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows XP Professional. Innotek, the firm that created VirtualBox has been sold to Sun Microsystems. The -ose version in the Ubuntu repository does not currently have USB support. If you need USB support you will have to remove your current -ose installation as well as the hidden file (.virtualbox) in your Home directory and then install the Hardy version of VirtualBox, version 1.6.0 which you can download from the Sun site. That version does have USB support as well as the usual network support that you had in the previous version. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au Andre -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: multi soundcards
Hi Norm, Norm wrote: Xubuntu 7.10 on an Intel SE440BX-2 mobo, PIII 500 CPU, 384M of ram. I want to run 2 sound cards to run 2 ham radio applications, Xastir and FBB. Sound cards are ESS Solo-1 and Creative Model CT4810 (CT5880 chipset). See what this comes back with; asoundconf list eg; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: V8237 Intel Ubuntu seems happy to find the SOLO-1, but no immediate sign of the Creative. I'm off to find a Howto right now, but some guidence would be appreciated Perhaps you could have a look at the output of 'lspci'. You should have a at least two entries for you sound cards, ie, one each. eg; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci :00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400] Chipset Host Bridge :00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge :00:06.0 RAID bus controller: 3ware Inc 3ware 7000-series ATA-RAID (rev 01) :00:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) :00:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82546GB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 03) :00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01) :00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) ... anyhow you should have an entry for each sound card. perhaps your sound cards are sharing an interrupt and they don't like that ... with a bit more info you should be able to track down if you can't see the second card and why, then fix it ;) cheers, Kim -- vk5fnet -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
