Flash Player not working on 9.10

Asked by Jake Weaver

Okay, so, I downloaded the latest Flash player from the Ubuntu Software Center under Applications. But whenever I try to play Flash games, like on armorgames.com, the sounds lag and the screen flickers, and everything just runs a little glichy. My video card drivers are up to date. I am running it inside of Windows 7, if that makes a difference. It is really annoying. I think I am running the 32 bit version of Linux, but I can't be sure. Thanks for the help!

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Jake Weaver (mclizardman) said :
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Also, the version of windows I am running inside of is Windows 7 64 bit.

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Tom (tom6) said :
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Hi :)

Please move the Ubuntu onto it's own partition so that it is not balancing on top of & relying on Windows systems to co-operate with it. Part 8 of section 8 in this guide should help
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide

Then you will find a lot of issues get fixed just by doing that. The Wubi install is only meant as a short-term demo version of Ubuntu. A proper install is much more robust and means the 2 operating systems work together combining their strengths.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Jake Weaver (mclizardman) said :
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Forgive me, but, are you positive that this will not affected my windows 7 install? Also, I don't have any partitions, does that explain how to create one?

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Tom (tom6) said :
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Hi again :)

It might be easier just to do a proper install as a proper dual-boot alongside Windows! I had another look at that page and it seems to have been edited to something much more complicated than i remember!! If your Ubuntu install is fairly new and you haven't done much with it then it might be better to just make an Ubuntu Cd from the iso file you downloaded from
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
and then use that Cd as a boot Cd to get to a "LIveCd session"
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

That should give you an Ubuntu desktop with an installer icon on it & Firefox on the top taskbar should allow you to surf into here. When you start the installer and get as far as the "Partitioning Section" then choose something like the 2nd or 3rd option that does NOT use the entire drive. This should show you a pretty graphic showing how some of the drive will still be used by Windows but some will be used by the various partitions required by Ubuntu.

If you run into any trouble then the LiveCd way of using the Ubuntu Cd is a safe way of using the machine without touching anything on your hard-drive. It can be quite helpful especially at first.

I would still recommend backing up any data before you start, if possible, tho!

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Jake Weaver (mclizardman) said :
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Okay, Ill try that and tell you how that goes. Just to clarify, I should uninstall this version of ubuntu, put the cd in the tray and boot up in it, select the installer, click the part that would give me the partition, and off I go? I won't lose any Windows things, including the OS itself? Also, will it ask me what Operating system i want to use at boot up?

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Jake Weaver (mclizardman) said :
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Okay, Ill try that and tell you how that goes. Just to clarify, I should uninstall this version of ubuntu, put the cd in the tray and boot up in it, select the installer, click the part that would give me the partition, and off I go? I won't lose any Windows things, including the OS itself? Also, will it ask me what Operating system i want to use at boot up?

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Jake Weaver (mclizardman) said :
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There is an option saying install then side by side, it is the first one and says I will get to choose which one I want to use at startup. Is that what I have now? The second option is a full install, adn the third is one where I have to select the partion. which one should I do? Do I need any existing partitions, because I don't have any? If I do use a partition will I still be able to choose which Operating system I want to use at startup? Sorry, long comment, lol.

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Tom (tom6) said :
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Hi :)

If you have anything in the Wubi that you want to transfer easily to the new install then don't un-install the Wubi. If you don't have much room on you drives then copy the data into the Windows folders before un-installing the Wubi. If you simply don't have anything much in the Wubi that you particularly want to keep then simply u-install the Wubi.

I generally would keep any existing systems intact and get the new one working before considering un-installing or removing the old. Linux always tries to offer this option to prevent data loss and to prevent any down-time. It's the advantage of using an OS originally designed as a Server Operating System! :)

The option from the installer on the LiveCd to install side-by-side is the best one to try out, definitely. It's not the same as the Wubi but will appear to be similar to you at first. ie you get a choice at boot-up as to which one you want to boot into. I would start with the default set to Windows so that you only go into Ubuntu when you choose to & have time for it.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Tom (tom6) said :
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Hi again again

Long comments are fine at this stage of a thread. It is only in the 1st few posts that it is worth keeping things very brief.

I am not sure if it will ask you which to default boot into but this is something that is reasonably easy to edit afterwards. Yes, each OS has it's own main partition and this helps because they don't keep arguing over the washing-up.

The name "Partition" is a little badly chosen because it implies that there is always more than one. However your Windows is on it's own partition and always has been. Just to really help matters MicroSquish refers to partitions as "drives". So although Bill only has 1 physical hard-drive his Windows keeps telling him he has 2. What he really has is 6 partitions with only 2 of those able to be seen by Windows. Linux can see all 6 of course and so it's boot-loader can offer him the choice of Ubuntu, Windows or sliTaz.

I hope this begins to make sense of partitions! Basically just don't worry about it right now. Just make sure that the Windows partition still shows up in the partitioning section of the LiveCd's installer :)

Regards from
Tom :)

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