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    Flash not loading in Ubuntu 10.04

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by leopardhunter7, Sep 14, 2010.

  1. leopardhunter7

    leopardhunter7 Notebook Consultant

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    guys...m sorry if this the wrong place to ask this, but m using ubuntu 10.04! i am unable to install flash in anyway! i always get the following error message:

    W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...tu26_amd64.deb
    Could not connect to in.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (111.91.91.37). - connect (111: Connection refused)


    W: Failed to fetch http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/...ntu6_amd64.deb
    Unable to connect to in.archive.ubuntu.com:http:


    W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...04.2_amd64.deb
    Could not connect to security.ubuntu.com:80 (91.189.92.167). - connect (111: Connection refused) [IP: 91.189.92.167 80]


    W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/po...04.2_amd64.deb
    Unable to connect to security.ubuntu.com:http: [IP: 91.189.92.167 80]

    help please!
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    leopardhunter7, Sep 14, 2010
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    I answered your post in the op thread the one with alternatives to adobe products.
     
    graycolor, Sep 14, 2010
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  3. leopardhunter7

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    thanx dude! but I've already tried that :confused: .... it doesn't work either. I get the message saying "package is virtual". meanwhile neither youtube, nor flash based chat systems will work on this damn computer! :confused: :mad: :eek:
     
    leopardhunter7, Sep 15, 2010
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    did you ping to that ip address to make sure u got a connection to it?
     
    himeee, Sep 15, 2010
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  5. leopardhunter7

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    of course i did...
     
    leopardhunter7, Sep 15, 2010
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    Hi, if you ping it, it still doesn't mean you can get there.
    Are you behind proxy?
    How did you try to download it? Through browser? Or ubuntu updater?
     
    helikaon, Sep 15, 2010
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    Have you tried downloading the package yourself and installing it?
     
    Bog, Sep 15, 2010
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    Simple solution is download it from Adobe and sudo copy libflashplugin.so into /usr/lib/yourbrowserfolder/plugins
     
    D-EJ915, Sep 16, 2010
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    thanx guys.... finally managed to get itdone. had to use the command line though :p. however, can someone tell me what do i do to play .dat files in ubuntu. i have vlc installed, but it doesn't seem to work! it keeps telling me "Your input can't be opened:
    VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///media/VolumeLabel'. Check the log for details."

    neither can bro play his gre prep disc!

    what's wrong with it? I have all the restricted extras loaded too! :(
     
    leopardhunter7, Sep 18, 2010
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    I would have also suggested you install google chrome or chromium from the repos since it comes with flash and auto update...
     
    osomphane, Sep 19, 2010
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    ;) thanx buddy... m on my way! but what about the irritating dvd playback problem? .dat files still wont play! :(
     
    leopardhunter7, Sep 19, 2010
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