If you recently installed flash on an Ubuntu system the chances are most likely that it is broken. You can confirm this by opening a Website which uses Flash extensively. Like Youtube , IBNLive etc. Although an Update isn’t available there is a way you can fis this problem pretty easily.
Please note that this is is a temporary fix only and it is recommended that you wait for an update rather than install the temporary fix if possible. Thanks to Daradib for the post on ubuntuforums.org which solved my problem. You can find the post here. Please make sure you do install the right file from the page if you are using the temporary fix.
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There are sometimes that you need to get help from a live person or those Google searches aren’t doing you any good at all. In such a case your best bet is to try the Ubuntu IRC community for help. If you remember my first post about Ubuntu I mentioned about the community being a huge plus. Well if you enter the Ubuntu channel you can see that theres quite a few folks always there. To be frank, I’ve never seen the channel have any lesser than 1000 people in the channel . Now lets see on how we can use IRC to get some help.
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In the previous article we fixed gdesklets so that it would work on a 64 bit install. However most of the better eye candy widgets in my honest opinion are screenlets. Although installation of screenlets are pretty easy getting them to run on your machine might not be as easy. The usual error that many get is “Unable to connect or launch daemon. Some values may be displayed incorrectly.” Let try some methods of correcting this.
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Well I couldn’t post anything yesterday cause I was rather busy reinstalling Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon after running a package called startup manager on it to fix my usplash. I should have known better not to try to fix something that didn’t work with the LiveCD anyway. Nonetheless after the reinstall I wanted to use gDesklets but I couldn’t get it to run after installing it. For some reason it wouldn’t connect to the daemon. Anyway with the help of some posts on the forum I found out what you could do to get them to work again.
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Although I use Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon on this system I have access to another computer which dual boots into Windows XP and Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon . I noticed that the ntfs partition was not mounted by default and I wanted to be able to mount it in case I ever wanted to access the information in it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Using Ubuntu or most distros on a low bandwidth Internet connection (dial-up) becomes a pain. For example you need to have an Internet connection to get those restricted extras which allow you to play that huge library of MP3 files you have going. Although the following isn’t going to help you make your dial-up download stuff at the speed of a T3. It will definitely help you in backing up all the stuff you already have on your computer or help you in getting the files installed on your friend’s computer.
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If you are one of those unlucky few who has a data cap like I do on my BSNL connection then you will definitely need something reliable to monitor the amount of data transferred. BSNL’s site seem to work for people who have one of the earlier 59.x.x.x IP addresses but for new users they seem to be giving out bsnl.in accounts and the site you use to log the usage for these accounts is horrific. It doesn’t take into account the amount of data you are allowed to download. That is right now at my first month it says I already owe them Rs. 270 for downloading 304,000 + KB . In other words for 296 MB I’ve been charged Rs. 270. However the plan guarantees that you are allowed 1GB of data transfer.
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I’ve frequently heard the question over and over again that someone couldn’t get MP3’s to play in Amarok or whichever program the person is using. I’m going to try to give you the most easiest way you could possibly accomplish this.
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After alot of consideration I finally have found out what to start my blog off with. I’ve been compiling a document with some tips and tricks for Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon through the past few days. Basically stuff newcomers like me would need after migrating to a totally new platform.
Although the document included isn’t exactly refined to a point of excellence. I believe it contains enough details for a person intimidated to install Ubuntu on his system to begin the process I haven’t posted the guide as it is on my blog, but I have included a link where you can access it as a pdf file. I’ll be including the guide with better images after I manage to get screen shots of the Install process while running it on Virtualbox.
You can download the guide here - Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Installation - For Beginners .
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