accessing christian site

The video in the URL you gave works for me.
In order for video web content to work smoothly, navigate to "System > Administration > Software Sources" and enable every repository but 'proposed' and 'backports'.

Now, run
"sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree"

You should be sorted for video web content.

The video in the URL you gave works for me.

In order for video web content to work smoothly, navigate to "System > Administration > Software Sources" and enable every repository but 'proposed' and 'backports'.

Now, run
"sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla && sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree"

You should be sorted for video web content.

Hello Johannes I believe I did what you suggested ..all were ticked but I could not see "proposed or backports.

Itried the terminal entry...
abraham@abraham -laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree
sudo: unable to resolve host abraham -laptop
abraham@abraham -laptop:~$

I had tried to get this across to you in a different question already. Didn't notice it you were the same person.

Most likely you had already changed your hostname once and thus lost the ability to run as root.

This happens if there is a discrepancy between the hostname in these two files:
/etc/hosts
/etc/hostname

Plus I also read, you changed your hostname from "abraham -laptop" to "abraham laptop". I had asked you to eliminate the space - "abraham-laptop".

Let's do two things now. Eliminate the space and make /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname read the same.

Jot down the next few lines on paper:

Reboot. In GRUB, select the second entry, "Recovery Mode". Drop to a root shell and type:

nano /etc/hosts

Hit Enter. On the top you'll see

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 SOMETHING

change SOMETHING to abraham-laptop, then press Ctrl+O (letter o, not zero) to save, then Ctrl+X to exit.

Now type

nano /etc/hostname

Hit Enter. This will only contain one line, replace it by abraham-laptop. If there's more than one line, delete everything. It should only read abraham-laptop.

Reboot. Now worry about the other problem as described above.

An addition: Obviously you need to save the second file also, just like you did with the first.

thanks for your help on both fronts. I misunderstood what you said...I changed it back to abraham-laptop is that what you meant me to do. are you saying somehow it was changed by mistake somewhere along the line to abraham -laptop???? As for /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname I do not understand how to access this. I am completely new to Linux and would appreciate your continued patience!!! taking one little bit at a time.
thanks
John

Its a bit confusing working on two fronts ...what do you mean by saving the second file i have lost the thread of our converstaion.

Thanks for your help
John

Either, taking the space out gives you sudo functionality now, or, which is most likely, you have to follow these step-by-step instructions:

Reboot. In the GRUB menu, select the second entry, "Recovery Mode". If you don't see a menu usually, keep hitting the 'ESC' key.

Drop to a root shell and type:

nano /etc/hosts

Hit Enter. On the top you'll see

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 SOMETHING

change SOMETHING to abraham-laptop, then press Ctrl+O (letter o, not zero) to save, then Ctrl+X to exit.

Now type

nano /etc/hostname

Hit Enter. This will only contain one line, replace it by abraham-laptop. If there's more than one line, delete everything. It should only read abraham-laptop, then press Ctrl+O (letter o, not zero) to save, then Ctrl+X to exit (This is "saving the second file").

Reboot.

Hello Johannes
reboot means to restart computer yes/ no

where is this grub menu that you speak about
Goodnight and thanks again its 9.54 here in Ireland and I have to put the kids to bed
Ciao

reboot/restart - same thing

grub menu:
If you were dual booting with Windows or another Linux distribution, you'd see the menu automatically at startup, since it seems you aren't, you have to call it with the 'ESC' key.

When booting, you're comp says something along the lines of

    GRUB loading

    stage 1.5

Right?! When you see this, start hitting 'ESC'. The menu will pop up. Now proceed as described above.

Hello Johannes
I followed the proceedure and found instead od SOMETHING was abraham-laptop

so I didnt change it because I believe from what you said that was the wa y it was meant to be
Regards
John

Okay. You must have a discrepancy between /etc/hosts/ and /etc/hostname.

You see, it is this

sudo: unable to resolve host abraham -laptop

error meassage that we are you need to solve. Before any other alteration you want to make to your system will not work.

Your problem seems to be related to this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/203593

If you can still access "System > Administration > Network" we can sort this from here.

Make sure that under the "General" tab, "Domain name:" is empty and "Host name:" is abraham-laptop. Now go to the "Hosts" tab and make sure the first two lines are:

 ---------------------------------------------
| IP Address | Aliases |
 ---------------------------------------------
 127.0.0.1 localhost
 127.0.1.1 abraham-laptop

If you can't access the "Administration" part of the gnome menu, you have to follow the above described steps.

If neither works, I don't know what to do - file a bug report, I guess. But try several times beforehand. It must be this issue.

Few typos, repost:

Okay. You must have a discrepancy between /etc/hosts/ and /etc/hostname. You simply must.

You see, it is this

sudo: unable to resolve host abraham -laptop

error meassage that you need to solve. Before, any other alteration you want to make to your system will not work.

Your problem seems to be related to this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/203593

If you can still access "System > Administration > Network", we can sort this from there.

Make sure that under the "General" tab, "Domain name:" is empty and "Host name:" is abraham-laptop. Now go to the "Hosts" tab and make sure the first two lines are:

 ---------------------------------------------
| IP Address | Aliases |
 ---------------------------------------------
 127.0.0.1 localhost
 127.0.1.1 abraham-laptop

If you can't access the "Administration" part of the gnome menu, you have to follow the above described steps in Recovery Mode.

If neither works, I don't know what to do - file a bug report, I guess. But try several times beforehand. It must be this issue.

thanks for your help and your patience.
Domain name.. empty Host name is abraham-laptop
System Adm Network
127.0.1.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 abraham-laptop.digitalforge.ie

digitalforge.ie is our local provider

also in my efforts to try and get it right in network settings in the last couple of days I put in.. under abraham-laptop in domain name... digitalforge.ieNow thanks to you it is gone.

You do not want this part:

.digitalforge.ie

and you do not want localhost to be 127.0.1.1 but 127.0.0.1

change both to exactly what I posted above, namely exactly

 ---------------------------------------------
| IP Address | Aliases |
 ---------------------------------------------
 127.0.0.1 localhost
 127.0.1.1 abraham-laptop

sudo will be back.

Theoretically, you could also add

.digitalforge.ie
 to "Host name:" under the "General" tab.

Most importantly, those two entries need to be exactly the same. Exactly. Letter for letter and the entries are case-sensitive also.

As far as I can see both GENERAL and HOSTS tab are identical
abraham-laptop.digitalforge.ie

awaiting further orders
thanks

s udo will be back?

I hope you will come back to me too with renewed patience.
What is sudo and how can I see that it is back!..remember that I am a new beginner helped along by your patient help
thanks

Well, earlier, you we're saying:

     Domain name.. empty Host name is abraham-laptop

and

    127.0.1.1 localhost
    127.0.1.1 abraham-laptop.digitalforge.ie

If this is still the case,

     As far as I can see both GENEAs far as I can see both GENERAL and HOSTS tab are identicalRAL and HOSTS tab are identical

Hosts and the entry under General would not be identical. If they are now, we can return to your initial problem.

Run,

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla && sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree

for video and flash web content.

If you still get the error message

     sudo: unable to resolve host xxxxxxxxxx

these two entries are not the same yet.

abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo: unable to resolve host abraham-laptop.digitalforge.ie
bash: sudo:: command not found
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$

Okay Sean, bear with me.

This
   sudo: unable to resolve host abraham-laptop.digitalforge.ie
is not a command you can run. It is an error message you might get when running anything with sudo.

Let me first of all explain the Ubuntu security model:
In Linux, in order to alter vital parts of the system, install/uninstall and do any work outside of /home, you have to have root priviliges. The root account is comparable to an administrator account under Windows. In Ubuntu the root account is by default disabled, i.e. you cannot log-in as root. Instead privileged users can assume superuser/root rights for a temporary task by running a command with the preamble 'sudo' or graphical applications with the preamble 'gksudo' or 'gksu' (or 'kdesu' under Kubuntu/KDE).

Initially, you wanted to visit this one particular christian website. I had told you to run
   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree
from a terminal. This was meant to update your sources, remove a preexisting plugin for webvideo and finally install a new one plus a flash plugin as well.

That did not work for you, instead it returned the error:
sudo: unable to resolve host abraham -laptop

You ran into the same problem when trying to sort out your wireless.

As long as you (the user "abraham") cannot assume root privileges, you won't be able to install anything. That is why we're trying to solve the problem with 'sudo' not working first, before addressing either your wireless of the website you want to visit.

This particular error message only appears, when hostname and hosts differ.

Please run the initial
   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree

If you're problem is solved, it will install the plugins. If it isn't you'll still get an error message. Let's take it from there.

Hello Johannes
sorry for the delay in respondingas I was away at work.
This is what i get when i put into a terminal.....
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for abraham:
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package apt-get
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$

Hello Johannes
jabraham@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for abraham:
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package apt-get
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$
ust after sending the above I noticed a message that said .digitalforge was to be removed so I removed from general tab and host tab and restarted the computer and did sudo apt-get udate etc and I think it is the same response...

in an earlier message I was not able to find proposed and backports

John

I also tried the dropping to a root shell in recovery mode and found abraham-laptop not immediately under
127etcetc but found it under the six or so lines of data.
This time I understood the nano etc.hostname bit and also found top of the screen abraham-laptop. I pressed control plus o to save and to exit I pressed control plus x and it didnt exit so I turned off the computer and restarted after it happened the first time doing etc.hosts
did I do something was it a capital letter X that i should have pressed to exit?
regards
John
sorry to download so much into you hope you can cope

having recently installed Hardy heron I noticed a message immediately after installation with an icon stating that something had crashed in the system whether now or in the past ....having now clicked on the recurring icon I have now found that it was sun java6 that failed to install so i sent REPORT about this and I get back a list of things one of them suggested a fix solution.?

regards
John

Hello Johannes
following the above I went to try sun java6 on the add/remove place and the message came up it cannot be installed on your computer type amd 64. Either the application requires special hardware features or the vendor decided to not support your computer type

hello Johannes
unbelievably in stalled restricted extras and then mlpayer movie player and shortly after mplayer plugin and tried to watch a dvd mplayer came on screen...with nothing clicking in but putting in dvd again totem clicked in with the message could not read from resource

regards
John

Here's the deal.

Now, we resolved the host name problem!
Since, running apt-get as root (with sudo) worked. You have root rights again.

Only problem in the installing is, that you were missing another && (this chains commands). Please run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla && sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree

notice the second &&?

A quick rundown the command:

Update Software Sources && Remove previously installed Video plugin for Firefox && Install new flash-plugin and video-plugin

Hello Johannes
thanks for the help
after successfully doing the first part I forgot to put in Sources ..realising this I did it again as you can see.
Maybe you can see where if I went wrong?

abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove totem-mozilla && sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer flashplugin-nonfree
[sudo] password for abraham:
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_IE
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_IE
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://archive.canonical.com hardy/partner Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  totem-mozilla
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 86.0kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? yes
(Reading database ... 120753 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing totem-mozilla ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
mozilla-mplayer is already the newest version.
flashplugin-nonfree is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ Update Software && Remove previously installed Video plugin for Firefox && Install new flash-plugin and video-plugin
bash: Update: command not found
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ sudo Update Software Sources && Remove previously installed Video plugin for Firefox && Install new flash-plugin and video-plugin
sudo: Update: command not found
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$ Update Software Sources && Remove previously installed Video plugin for Firefox && Install new flash-plugin and video-plugin
bash: Update: command not found
abraham@abraham-laptop:~$

hello Johannes
thanks for all your help!
I am not sure what is supposed to happen now? I tried the "back to the bible" again and it didnt happen for me. I also tried to get wireless mode back again to no avail.
I am able to get "Back to the bible through a streaming video portal which is fairly good but as I said unable to access it head on through video web site button.
I look forward to your help.

John

Hi Johannes
I went to "Daily Audio Bible" and selected a video item and lo and behold Mplayer plugin embedded video player for mozilla came screen and it buffered for 40000 or so KBs.
When it finished I was able to enjoy video content so i went back to "Back to the bible and pressed video again...no avail I believe we are very close to getting it with your help!!!