Karmic....WOW, but how about 64 bit adobe flash

download 64 bit flash from the website in your home: unpack it.
drag the libflashplayer.so in your ./mozilla pluginfolder, event. create a pluginfolder in ./mozilla: done!

Please open a command line and type the following (it can be done in the GUI but it's easier to explain with commands):

sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
mkdir .mozilla/plugins
cd .mozilla/plugins
tar xvzf ~/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Finally, you can close and re-open Firefox or whatever browser you use.

What this does:

1. uninstalls 32-bit flash, if any
2. downloads the 64-bit flash
3. creates the plugins folder
4. goes to the plugins folder
5. extracts the plugin into the plugins folder

Hope this helped you!

Hi :)

Lol, it is good fun :) When you upgrade to 9.10 you will need to run through the Medibuntu page again & again when 10.06 is released at the end of June, if you install it straight away which i usually avoid
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
I am sure i did read through all of the page sometime way-back-when but now it takes me about 5mins to race through, usually while focussing on something else anyway.

I know it seems 'obvious' and good to use 64bit versions but i seriously recommend trying to setup a dual-boot with a 32bit version of Ubuntu just to see how much easier everything is. I have a 64bit machine with 32bit Ubuntu working much faster and smoother on it.

Dual-boots are a fantastic way of trying out a different system without losing the one that currently kinda works well for you. Always try a LiveCd before committing yourself to a new system tho! Regressions & oddities do occasionally happen!
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

I have often found that Windows can be repaired fairly easily from inside Ubuntu or some other version of linux. Once you are more familiar with the command-line i would recommend getting "Trinity Rescue Kit". Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0 is kinda great and fast to boot with excellent hardware recognition (particularly on older machines) with some basic tools to help and some great retro games to play while waiting for certain simple tasks to complete. Wolvix has a normal desktop, very light-weight and easy on tired eyes but it doesn't have all the tools that Trinity has.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=trinity
These both run well as LiveCds without needing to be installed.

If you like the look and feel of Ubuntu you really should try Linux Mint & Mandriva sometime, perhaps just as LiveCds, although testing them out on a partition of their own is much better
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mint
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mandriva

Trying other versions of gnu&linux is a great way to see the similarities and differences but it is usually best to get really well acquainted with one while just dipping your toe into others. They all work very much the same and often use the same packages so you learn fast by exploring. As you can tell my favourite site is
http://distrowatch.com
because they are the most fully up-to-date and the back pages are standardised so you can easily compare quite quickly.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi again :)

Isn't it Kosmic Koala? I am hoping for a less 'cute' name next time, perhaps Lecherous Lycanthropes? lol

Regards from
Tom :)

@Tom: I, like most others who choose 64-bit Ubuntu, use 64-bit to take full advantage of RAM; on a 32-bit, a computer with 4GB RAM and a 896MB video card only gets 3.1GB of RAM, as all memory is shared into 4GB. By the way, 9.10 is called Karmic Koala and the upcoming 10.04 is called Lucid Lynx.

surfing surfing windsurfing fun :)

Hi :)

Lol, i know. I think Lucid is a great name for an LTS release as it is more likely to appeal to people that want to stick with 1 release without needing to upgrade for a few years. Corporate types particularly. Jokey names can be fun but do have consequences.

One great thing about linux is that you do have choices & it's worth exploring them sometimes rather than always sticking to the defaults.

If you only have 4Gb Ram then it seriously is not worth the extra hassle of running 64bit unless you are experienced enough that you don't even notice the hassle.

Windows definitely hogs a lot of ram and their programs are structured to use up a lot of ram too. In linux, even with Ubuntu, i notice that i rarely push my machine above 2Gb ram used. It seldom even needs above 1Gb but sometimes i like to watch HDTV and a few heavy java-script games with a bunch of other stuff going on too & virtual machines are great fun... I guess i should start contributing to the the "Folding@home" project. My cpu is pretty impressive but at 2.6GHz it is not exactly the fastest cpu on the block. Ram does degrade slowly over time, occasionally getting bad-blocks and stuff so any ram over 4Gb (well 3.1 really) is just handy for that dim & distant sad day when you realise you need to chuck a ram stick away. Since my 32bit Ubuntu rarely needs over 2Gb ram i really do not see the point in giving it 8Gb.

Another issue is that with Windows people used to need to run 64bit versions to take advantage of extra cores/cpus on their mbord but linux developed from Unix which had support for multi-everything built in (except stack-pointers 'famously').

64bit machines do run one heck of a lot faster than 32bit machines but that is true even running 32bit versions of everything.

Explore it and have fun with it. Errr, it is quite normal for people to disagree with each other in linux because of the diversity of peoples highly individual tastes. Disagreeing is fun. While everyone (including me) often thinks they have found the 1 perfect way there is, of course, only 1 'right' and 'best' way. Your own way. Or in my case my neighbours way until i try that and then wish i had stuck with my own way lol

Good luck and regfards to all from
Tom :)

Tom you rock :)

 - bows -

HMM still looking for answer. when I try and drag it in im told I don't have permission

when using coomand line I get:
millius@millius-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge flsahplugin-installer nspluginwrapper
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package flsahplugin-installer
millius@millius-laptop:~$ wgethttp://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
bash: wgethttp://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz: No such file or directory
millius@millius-laptop:~$ cd .mozilla/plugins
bash: cd: .mozilla/plugins: No such file or directory
millius@millius-laptop:~$ sudo tar xvzf ~/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
tar: /home/millius/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
millius@millius-laptop:~$

I did not do the mkdir because .mozilla/plugins already exists, has other .so files init but no flash plugins

@LEOQUANT: Thanks for your help, but I have to give Tom the credit for pointing me (duh, once again) to Medibuntu.

@ TOM: It was on medibuntu page I figured out I needed the adobe installer first. (again duh) I felt kinda foolish......

I will likely still have to disassemble this laptop and clean it, as it will overheat and shut off still... but only after several hours of use, not the 4 or 5 minutes it was good for with (yuk) windows.

Thanks again

Now on to getting all the restricted dvd codecs..................

Hi :)

Thanks for the flowers ;) On your previous post you said that you got an error message when you tried to process this commnad

sudo apt-get purge flsahplugin-installer nspluginwrapper

"flsahplugin" has a tpyo in it. When you use a linux command-line you can keep pressing the tab key as you type so that it tries to find ways to auto-complete what you are typing in an intelligent "predictive txtin" way.

Predictive complete works for pathnames and commands and might well help in other things too. If it reaches a point where there are a few different options it displays the options or sometimes gets confused and just displays blank, but then it reproduces however far you got on a new line, for example if you had typed in like this ...

millius@millius-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge fl<tab>
millius@millius-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin
-installer -tweaker -errrSomethingElse
millius@millius-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get purge flashplugin

Pressing the tab key on the first line would generate the next 3 lines and leave the blinking cursor at the end of the third line waiting for you.

Also in a terminal try using the up-arrow on your keyboard to cycle through previous commands, including ones typed before you logged in. It's really helpful for dealing with tpyos ;)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Ps I kinda guess you have sorted the flash issue now. Congrats :))

Hi agains :)

Ahhh, taking apart a laptop to clean or repair/replace a fan! Wow! Good luck and take care with that!

Regards from
Tom :)

Patrick M, take a look at your typing; you may be typing a little too fast. You dropped the space between wget and the URI, for example. Try the instructions in my post again, you'll find it likely works :)

tpyos