Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-30 Thread Victor Soich
Hi all, According to the suggestion at the end of this email, in order to try to get sound on my linux box, I was told to run alsamixer and/or aumix. Well, as a newbie, I wasn't sure how to install it, so...I apt get the Gnome Desktop environment, then I used the add/remove application in Gnome.

Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-25 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:19:23 -0700 Victor Soich dijo: >Hi, > >Did the last email I sent to the list get to the list? I haven't seen >it show up in my inbox on my gmail account. Is it the case that my >question is not appropriate for the list? Is it the case that no one >is answering the questi

Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-25 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 25 Jun 2010, Victor Soich wrote: > the questions? I've gotten part way with watching you tube videos in > Firefox on Ubuntu, but I still have no sound, and the video is choppy. Have you run aumix and/or alsamixer? Often the sounds of silence are heard when the speakers are turned

[PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-25 Thread Victor Soich
n 24, 2010 at 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic" Hi all, I need help with sound and I suppose some tweaking with buffering in order to hear and watch you tube videos.  I installed ubunt

Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-24 Thread Victor Soich
Hi all, I need help with sound and I suppose some tweaking with buffering in order to hear and watch you tube videos. I installed ubuntu server 8.04 at the most recent clinic. I installed the Xfce desktop environment, which came with the Firefox web browser. I followed the help below in order t

Re: [PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-21 Thread Nathan W
On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 12:30 -0700, Victor Soich wrote: > The above three items are check boxes and they were all initially > checked. I unchecked them all. Then > I tried to check them all again. I am able to check "Installed > Add-ons", and I am able to check "Search > Engines". I am not able

[PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

2010-06-21 Thread Victor Soich
Hi, After going to the PLUG clinic yesterday, I now have ubuntu 8.04 server on my machine. I did sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop from the command line, and now I can surf the net using Firefox 3.0.19 I am so happy that things went smoothly, as far as the apt-get command goes. I really am.