[04:16] <r4y> Unit193 I should recap what I think happened, but I guess I should install Ubuntu 12.04 before doing so but I want try the versions of Ubuntu I recently downloaded that I am still trying to upload
[04:17] <r4y> I did a lot of messing around with flash on Ubuntu 12.04 before coming here for help from you. Thank you very much for talking to me and trying to help me.
[04:19] <r4y> OK, so what I think happened was that I must have installed flash under one of these locations: usr/lib/firefox/plugins or usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[04:19] <r4y> manually that is
[04:20] <r4y> but I must not have kept up with it because there were 3 locations I knew about at the time
[04:20] <r4y> It was suggested that this path be made: usr/lib/flash-plugin
[04:21] <Unit193> Yeah, that's pretty much why it's best to update from repos.  You should/can try   sudo updatedb && locate libflashplayer
[04:22] <r4y> but what happens is after loading a video the file libflashplayer I am sure that it gets copied to usr/lib/firefox/plugins
[04:22] <r4y> And the same is true if it is put into this path: usr/lib/firefox-addons
[04:23] <r4y> Also libflashplayer will work under the path: usr/lib/mozilla
[04:24] <r4y> but for me it doesn't work under there 2 paths: usr/lib/mozilla-firefox and usr/lib/adobe-flash
[04:24] <r4y> I meant these paths not there paths
[04:25] <r4y> Anyways, so I added up the total possible paths and there are six paths, no wonder I am confused
[04:26] <r4y> And I am not sure I agree with what you just said, but I want to agree. I tried every package I could to make this work without messing with the filesystem but I had to step in and do install flash manually
[04:27] <r4y> My suggestion to anyone who has had the problems I had with not getting flash to work would be simular to what you said to do
[04:27] <solarbob> I did a fresh install of ubuntu 12.10  recently. 2 days later I could not get in as if my password was changed. what did I do wrong?
[04:28] <Unit193> r4y: Did you try to locate all flash plugin files?  Better command would be  sudo updatedb && locate -e flashplugin -e libflash | grep so
[04:28] <r4y> Please answer his question
[04:28] <r4y> I will copy your commands to try sometime
[04:29] <Unit193> solarbob: Welp, did you have caps lock?  I would guess you made sure to type it right, and that no one else may have changed it?
[04:29] <solarbob> nope. made sure of that
[04:30] <Unit193> Also that the correct username is selected on login screen.
[04:30] <Unit193> Could look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LostPassword as well.
[04:31] <solarbob> made sure of that too
[04:31] <solarbob> I installe over it " erased" did another fresh install
[04:32] <r4y> I should go run some tests, I will be back, and I am sorry about what I said and am saying, thank you for the help Unit193
[04:32] <solarbob> and used encryption this time
[05:16] <r4y> OK, so here's what I think
[05:17] <r4y> I am not sure about all this regarding Ubuntu 12
[05:17] <r4y> But for me Ubuntu 10.04 flash 10.3 or it 10.2 is what works not flash 11.2
[05:19] <r4y> and it has to be in one of these 2 paths out of 6 possibles paths because even though there are 4 paths out of 6 that will work 2 of those paths get the flash file copied to the one of the 2 other paths
[05:19] <holstein> ubuntu 12.04?
[05:19] <r4y> usr/lib/firefox/plugins and or usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[05:20] <r4y> Ubuntu 10.04
[05:20] <holstein> 11.2?
[05:20] <r4y> 11.2 doesn't work for me
[05:20] <holstein> ok.. flash 11.2.. gotcha
[05:20] <holstein> r4y: for you?
[05:20] <Unit193> r4y: Alrighty, what about linking from one location to the other, so if there are updates, you just replace one file?
[05:20] <r4y> flash 10 works
[05:21] <r4y> I am not sure about linking, it's not something I've got into all that much
[05:22] <Unit193> Alrighty, well good that you got it.
[05:22] <r4y> I remember linking for something and having it not work in the long run but I am not a Linux guru and that was along time ago
[05:24] <r4y> I feel like someone needs to get this working right for Ubuntu 10.04 users. I mean I wonder how many Ubuntu 10.04 users know of this or don't have this problem or they don't know they have this problem with Ubuntu 10.04
[05:24] <holstein> r4y: sure.. but that "someone" is adobe, and the wont
[05:25] <r4y> I guess it doesn't matter since a lot of Ubuntu users have moved on to Ubuntu 12 so
[05:25] <holstein> r4y: i use chrome, since the bundled flash in 32bit seems to work a bit better
[05:25] <r4y> I think you are right they want people to be up to date with adobe flash
[05:25] <Unit193> Indeed, security reasons.
[05:27] <r4y> O well
[05:29] <r4y> Well, that's all I can think to say about. Sorry for all the trouble and thank you for listening and being kind.
[05:38] <r4y> Thank you both again for being cool
[05:40] <Unit193> Heh, you're welcome, but didn't actually really help with your flash issue. :P
[05:40] <r4y> Take care and have a nice night. Also to Unity193 I have tried both theremixes of Ubuntu Gnome. One didn't work because of my cpu and the other didn't have what I wanted. I have kubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386, lubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386, and xubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386 ready to be put onto a flash drive to try out
[05:42] <Unit193> CPU?  Does it not support PAE?
[05:42] <Unit193> grep pae /proc/cpuinfo
[05:42] <r4y> Because of not having the hardware on this motherboard for 3d acceration I wasn't about to use one of the virtual programs, and another one I tried didn't work, but I think it was the one that didn't work with the cpu on this compute
[05:42] <r4y> I don't know
[05:43] <Unit193> Aha, alrighty.
[05:43] <r4y> http://paste.ubuntu.com/1599518/
[05:44] <r4y> It's an emachines computer
[05:45] <r4y> The graphics card is built into the motherboard and doesn't have a PCIe slot like my other motherboard has
[05:45] <r4y> Just saying with regard to not being able to use the graphics card from that computer
[05:46] <r4y> Because of the program called Test drive an Ubuntu ISO
[05:47] <Unit193> Cool, at least the newer kernels will work. :)
[05:48] <r4y> I tried virtualBox OSE, but I remember using VMWare before with success, but I think I had to signup to use VMWare
[05:49] <r4y> Take care, bye
[05:51] <r4y> Ah, OK, sorry I wasn't sure what you meant, duh, I needed to think about what you said. Too much stress I guess. I recently pulled my lower back but I am better today then yesterday.
[05:53] <r4y> I've put too much abuse on my body over the years which is the problem, I have a know that will not go away but I think that knot is smaller then it used to be.
[05:53] <r4y> Well, anyways, take care and thank you for the input
[06:20] <r4y> One more thing. I had to un-install adobe-flashplugin in order for flash to work for me when using Ubuntu 10.04
[06:20] <holstein> ?
[06:20] <holstein> r4y: you got it working now?
[06:20] <r4y> Yes
[06:21] <holstein> r4y: so, everyting is fine, then?
[06:21] <r4y> Ubuntu restricted extras is installed but nothing related to flash is installed otherwise other then flash 10.3 which I manually installed
[06:21] <r4y> Yep, all is working now
[06:25] <losticeberg> how can i get my wireless card working on ubuntu 12.1
[06:26] <holstein> losticeberg: 12.10
[06:26] <holstein> !broadcom
[06:26] <losticeberg> yes
[06:26] <holstein> !wifi
[06:26] <ubot2> Help with Broadcom bcm43xx can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx
[06:26] <ubot2> Wireless documentation, including how-to guides and troubleshooting information, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs
[06:26] <holstein> losticeberg: really depends on what you got
[06:27] <holstein> losticeberg: i would just wire up to internet, and see if you get a notification about a restricted or extra driver
[06:27] <losticeberg> i have a dell inspion 6000 ive 2 diffrent inturnal cards
[06:27] <holstein> losticeberg: if not, then just follow the guides above... the top on is for broadcom
[06:27] <holstein> losticeberg: the model of the laptop wont help
[06:28] <holstein> losticeberg: its all about the chipset.. the links above show how to determine what you have and what you need
[06:29] <losticeberg> thankyou that may actually help
[10:08] <shieh> my synaptic package manager language changed to chinese.how can i fix it?
[10:10] <shieh> no idea?
[10:21] <Space-Duck> I'm currently running Mint 14 and I want to switch to Ubuntu... Can I install ubuntu without wiping out my /home directory (it's on it's on partition)? If so, how?
[15:03] <unix1> can anyone tell me how to detect a probe or some type of attack with syslog?
[15:05] <unix1> hello?
[15:07] <fego> 4
[19:08] <phillw> Hi, this a dumb n00b question, but why does launchpad refer to GPG keys as PGP?
[19:09] <Unit193> Pretty Good Privacy is what it stands for, GNU/Privacy Guard is the opensource version, IIRC.
[19:09] <Unit193> !gpg
[19:09] <ubot2> gpg is the GNU Privacy Guard.  See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto and class #8 on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClassroomTranscripts
[19:10] <phillw> Unit193: thanks
[19:13] <phillw> Unit193: so, for the purposes of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Activities/Classroom/Section2#Adding_your_GPG_key_to_your_Launchpad_account I need just tell them to click on the little yellow icon to the right of OpenPGP keys: Update OpenPGP keys
[19:14] <Unit193> I'd say so, if that's what the interface is.
[19:14]  * Unit193 heads of to clear drive of snow.
[19:14] <phillw> Unit193: to be able to register bugs, it is required you have a GPG key on your LP account. This was news to me!
[19:15] <phillw> we are snow free here now :)
[19:24] <cprofitt> philballew: ping
[21:21]  * IveBeenBit is away: Nobody's home!
[21:21]  * IveBeenBit is back (gone 00:00:06)
[21:21] <Unit193> !away | IveBeenBit
[21:21] <ubot2> IveBeenBit: Please do not use noisy away messages and nicks in Ubuntu channels. It is annoying and unnecessary. Use the command "/away <reason>" to set your client away silently. See also «/msg ubottu Guidelines»
[21:47] <danny> any good websites to learn debian commands for terminal
[21:49] <geirha> in less than a minute?
[22:52] <Frim> Can anyone help install problems with Ubuntu 12.10?
[22:53] <Frim> Ubuntu 12.
[22:54] <wytsa> what is the problem?
[22:55] <Frim> Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't complete the full installation from a burned ISO DVD disk while retrieving the language pack.
[22:55] <wytsa> hmm not sure what to say atm
[22:56] <wytsa> i just installed a 12.10 copy myself but can see what i canhelp with
[22:56] <wytsa> but i was installing to a virtual comp not a regular one
[22:56] <Frim> yea, I've been checking the forums.  I saw some thing about the splash screen  while install causing the problem.
[22:57] <wytsa> there might have been an error on the disc in that section
[22:57] <Frim> I'm using an old Compaq nx9010 laptop
[22:57] <wytsa> did you select to update while installing?
[22:58] <Frim> I used the check disk feature with Ubuntu before the install, and I checked the hard drive through bios.  Everything checked out OK.
[22:59] <wytsa> in the setup did you select to update? and are you connected to the net on that laptop?
[23:00] <Frim> Yes, I choose the update option first, than without, with complete erase for both, with password..nothing works.
[23:00] <Frim> I'm connected online
[23:00] <wytsa> hmm
[23:01] <wytsa> im sure there are others here that could help alot more than me but i'll see what i can do
[23:01] <wytsa> can you try the "try ubuntu" option and see if that will work?
[23:02] <wytsa> not install to disc
[23:02] <wytsa> but just try
[23:02] <wytsa> you should be able to install after if it will get in on the try option
[23:03] <Frim> I did try first, than install, but I keep ending up with an error page, with my cursor that continues to spin
[23:04] <wytsa> so it does the same with both try and install?
[23:04] <Frim> yes
[23:06] <Frim> the files on the disk are situated the way the Ubuntu website suggest, so I believe the DVD is correctly burned.
[23:07] <wytsa> im really not to sure what else is causing the issue
[23:08] <Frim> Just a thought, initially, when I downloaded 12.10, I choose not to donate, but then went back to donate than download the second time.  Would that have had an affect on the download?
[23:08] <wytsa> but it would seem that ether the files on the disc are having an issue with being read or it is something else
[23:08] <wytsa> not that i am aware of
[23:09] <Frim> I don't know.
[23:13] <Frim> thanks for your help
[23:14] <wytsa> sorry i could not help much more
[23:16] <Frim_Fram> thanks anyway, glad it was able to work you...I'll get it envetually
[23:19] <Frim> Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't complete the full installation from a burned ISO DVD disk while retrieving the language pack.  I'm using an old Compaq nx9010 laptop. I used the check disk feature with Ubuntu before the install, and I checked the hard drive through bios. Everything checked out OK.  Yes, I choose the update option first, than without, with complete erase for both, with password..nothing works
[23:36] <phillw> Frim: can you please run the self test on the DVD to ensure everything is there correctly, the loss of a byte or two, can create real problems.