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Youtube problems ubuntu 9.04

Asked by Valkyrie

Hello,

I jut installed the Ubuntu 9.04 on my computer but since then I cannot see videos online. In Youtube I can only see some of the videos on a ratio of 2 out 10 and it's worse with other sites.

I've already tried re installing firefox, and flash and nothing. I've installed the restricted packages and the multimedia repository as indicated on a similar question but the problems persists.

Can you please help?

Thnx,
Vanessa, Costa RIca

P.S: If you can give detailed instructions I'll appreciated I'm a computer wiz (just yet!)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you please provide the output of:

lsb_release -c; dpkg -l | grep flash; dpkg -l | grep gnash; dpkg -l | grep swf

Thanks

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Valkyrie (valkyrie236) said : 		#2

On my original question there's a typo where it says "I'm a computer wiz" it should say "I'm NOT a computer wiz", so I have no idea what you wrote....sorry I'm not really pc literate
if you tell me where to get from and how I'll send it to you

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Its a terminal command, you can launch a terminal using:

press alt+f2
type: gnome-terminal
press enter

You can now paste the command in and copy the output to paste here as an update.

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Valkyrie (valkyrie236) said : 		#4

ok yes I know how to open terminal..i actually have an icon onmy top bar ;o). Ok this is what I got

Codename: jaunty
ii adobe-flashplugin 10.0.32.18-1jaunty1 Adobe Flash Player plugin version 10
ii flashplugin-installer 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
ii flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.32.18ubuntu0.9.04.1 Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transit
ii gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player
ii gnash-common 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player - common files/librari
ii gnash-cygnal 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player - Media server
ii mozilla-plugin-gnash 0.8.5-0ubuntu1 free SWF movie player - Plugin for Mozilla a
ii libswfdec-0.8-0 0.8.4-1 SWF (Macromedia Flash) decoder library
ii swfdec-mozilla 0.8.2-1ubuntu1 Mozilla plugin for SWF files (Macromedia Fla

I hope this helps you help me....Tnx!

P.S: Just to give you an sample video I CAN'T see on Youtube...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB53M1kGM3A&feature=related

And a sample of a video I CAN see...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0

They are stupid videos but are just an example...I posted this...thinking you might get info from it...if not at least you'll have a laugh! ;oP

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Ok this is why you are getting no flash. You have a LOT of flash plugins installed. You only want ONE. So we need to uninstall all that stuff then we will instal one flash plugin. You will then be ok.

Copy this command and launch it in a terminal:

sudo apt-get --purge remove adobe-flashplugin flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree gnash gnash-common gnash-cygnal mozilla-plugin-gnash libswfdec-0.8-0 swfdec-mozilla; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove; sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Then close ALL browsers and rerun them.

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Valkyrie (valkyrie236) said : 		#6

Actionparsnip thank you so much! I did as above but the first time but problem continued and I went to synaptic and installed the adobe flash..but it did not work so I restarted my computer and did it again...the process on the terminal was different from the first time but it worked...I must've done something wrong the first time

Thank you so much! This is why I LOVE LINUX! and you guys of course ;o)

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Valkyrie (valkyrie236) said : 		#7

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.