Trouble with Ubuntu

[iFrankie]

i thought id give this OS a try, so far i like it, the only problem i have are with websites, i get to this website fine but with youtube and facebook for example it keeps loading and not showing the page, anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Graham M]

What browser are you using?

[haydnwalker]

Originally Posted by Frankie07

i thought id give this OS a try, so far i like it, the only problem i have are with websites, i get to this website fine but with youtube and facebook for example it keeps loading and not showing the page, anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks!

It might need the latest Flash Plugin installed to work properly (if FireFox)

And I've noticed Konqueror doesn't always render pages properly so I switched to FireFox.

[admars]

I found Mint was better for flash enabled sites as they seem to have done a better of with the plugins than vanilla ubuntu.

[Richard M]

I'm a developer involved with Ubuntu.
You need to describe your problem in more detail.

For now, it looks like you need to install the Proprietary Flash plugin.

[xpod]

If this is a fresh installation of Ubuntu then you need to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, not just for your flash player but also many of the other plugins & codecs your going to want along the way.
You can install all the plugins & codecs separately of course but the restricted extras gets most of the stuff your likely to need in one go.
You`ll find it either in Synaptic via your System>Admin menu or you can install it via the terminal if you`re comfy enough with it.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

EDIT: And for future reference...
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

[admars]

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...0-karmic-koala

could come in useful for you as well

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfec...armic-koala-p3
shows you how can check flash is installed correctly.

[xpod]

Originally Posted by admars

I found Mint was better for flash enabled sites as they seem to have done a better of with the plugins than vanilla ubuntu.

I wouldn`t say it was a case of Mint having done a better job with the plugins etc as it`s merely an issue with licensing and not having any non-free software installed by default.

I wouldn`t disagree though that Mint has gone even further than plain old Ubuntu to make things even simpler out the box for the potential new user but it is still just *buntu at the end of the day, albeit with a few extra cherries on top.

[iFrankie]

sorry for late reply, ill try all the above now and get back to you.

[xpod]

You`ll probably already know by now but Ubuntu should inform you of any system updates needing done as well as any available drivers your particular hardware might require. Assuming you have say a GFX card that requires propriety drivers it should let you know automatically but if not then you can still find the hardware drivers utility in your System>Admin menu.
You should normally be doing any updating and installing of GFX drivers before you do anything else of course.

[iFrankie]

Originally Posted by xpod

You`ll probably already know by now but Ubuntu should inform you of any system updates needing done as well as any available drivers your particular hardware might require. Assuming you have say a GFX card that requires propriety drivers it should let you know automatically but if not then you can still find the hardware drivers utility in your System>Admin menu.
You should normally be doing any updating and installing of GFX drivers before you do anything else of course.

its trying to download the driver but is not downloading, its just stuck, i'd post a screen shot if i could get on tinypics lol

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also i can't download anything from the ubuntu software centre?

[Paul]

Must admit I have dabbled with Ubuntu/ Kubuntu a few times now and have it on a dual boot partition at the moment. Never had this sort of issue, are you getting any errors on screen?

[iFrankie]

Originally Posted by Paul

Must admit I have dabbled with Ubuntu/ Kubuntu a few times now and have it on a dual boot partition at the moment. Never had this sort of issue, are you getting any errors on screen?

i also have it on partition, it boots fine, i can run programs ect, im on the update manager and when i click check it shows "downloading file 8 of 23" and it never goes past 8, its weird.

(edit) its downloading the rest now, i think i may of got inpatient before and cancelled ill let it download and see if its fixed.

i got this:

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...ic/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...es/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...ty/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu...karmic/Release
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[xpod]

Originally Posted by Frankie07

i also have it on partition, it boots fine, i can run programs ect, im on the update manager and when i click check it shows "downloading file 8 of 23" and it never goes past 8, its weird.

(edit) its downloading the rest now, i think i may of got inpatient before and cancelled ill let it download and see if its fixed.

i got this:

Could not download all repository indexes

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems. If available an older version of the failed index will be used. Otherwise the repository will be ignored. Check your network connection and ensure the repository address in the preferences is correct.

Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...ic/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...es/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...ty/Release.gpg
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// ubuntu.virginmedia.com/archi...tion-en_GB.bz2
Failed to fetch http:// archive.canonical.com/ubuntu...karmic/Release
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

If it`s still the same then change the repository location by going ..System>Administration>Software Sources and changing the server location to another. It will ask you to reload the software as you close it.

EDIT:
It could also be your connection cutting out of course. How are you connecting out of curiosity?

[iFrankie]

Originally Posted by xpod

If it`s still the same then change the repository location by going ..System>Administration>Software Sources and changing the server location to another. It will ask you to reload the software as you close it.

EDIT:
It could also be your connection cutting out of course. How are you connecting out of curiosity?

Wired.

So i changed to Linux Mint, it seems to be the very similar to ubuntu, im getting the exact same problem with this

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Originally Posted by xpod

If this is a fresh installation of Ubuntu then you need to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package, not just for your flash player but also many of the other plugins & codecs your going to want along the way.
You can install all the plugins & codecs separately of course but the restricted extras gets most of the stuff your likely to need in one go.
You`ll find it either in Synaptic via your System>Admin menu or you can install it via the terminal if you`re comfy enough with it.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

EDIT: And for future reference...
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

tried that and i got this -

frankie@frankie-desktop ~ $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
[sudo] password for frankie:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libmp4v2-0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
The following NEW packages will be installed
libmp4v2-0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer ubuntu-restricted-extras
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 101 not upgraded.
E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the download directory[COLOR="Silver"]