Lucid Released

If you are installing Flash Player x32 on x64 Ubuntu, it needs other stuff like nsplugin wrapper, in that case install it via the repo but the best performance and compatibility comes from Flash x64 alpha which doesn't need nspluginwrapper and thats a good thing as few issues arise with the nspluginwrapper. All you do is download it and untar it to /usr/lib/mozila/plugins and you are set. FF, Chrome or Opera picks it up fine.

 

no its on 32 bit ubuntu thanks linuxforall

for reminding i forget to install it now working fine lol

 

You are welcome.

 

but without nsplugin wrapper it gives problem strange

i am on ubuntu 32 bit not 64 bit strange

 

Hmm.. I noticed that under Sysstem>Preferences>Appearance there is no 'Interface' tab on my Lucid (unlike in Karmic). This means I cannot have icons in the context menu eg. the 'shred' icon. Any ideas ? (maybe some setting in conf. editor ?)
Here sshot of Karmic showing interface tab...



I also have another question. When I edited a file in Karmic a backup ~ was automatically made. Not so in Lucid - and I have forgotten how.

 

It's a setting in gedit. "Edit", "Preferences", "Editor" tab, check "Create a backup before saving".

 

Many thanks Eice - that's it, you are a time saver.

Do you have the Interface tab in Appearance Preferences ?

Apparently it was done away with - see here: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/easily-access-missing-interface-tab.html

Edit: Open configuration editor >desktop>gnome>interface. The settings are there to be ticked.

 

So far this is the only problem I have. Emerald crashes when selecting themes. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ source/emerald/ bug/498130

 

Running emerald here, in fact the overglossed emerald theme and no crashes when I selected it.

 

Well, if you have only one theme and go straight to Edit then no problem. See my sshot, btw looks like we have similar tastes re. the meagre wallpaper selection
What happens if you have more than one theme and you select a new theme ? That's when it crashes.

 

I have three now, selected all of them, no crashes here.

 

You have the luck of the draw seeing the error is present in Lucid final according to launchpad. I get this:

~$ emerald-theme-manager
**
Gtk:ERROR:/build/buildd/gtk+2.0-2.20.0/gtk/gtkfilesystemmodel.c:330:node_set_visible: assertion failed: (row < model->files->len)
Aborted
~$

 

I use to like dark/black themes....until I realized that life was tragic/dark enough without me staring at it on my computer screen. So now I like slate gray, deep blue, teal green, deep maroon, possibly deep chocolate colored themes.

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BTW, nspluginwrapper in combination with flashplayer 10.1 RC2 32 bit (that I linked to) works great from my experience. Better than flashplayer 10.0.45.2 64 bit, IMO.

Later...

 

In early stages I used the dreaded nspluginwrapper to run flash only to run into grief, thankfully on Flash x64 from day it came out and never regretted, Phoronix test confirms my take that Flash x64 performs best.

For those staring at the screen for prolonged period, dark is your only friend.

 

Tomorrow I will do it on my wife's PC as well as my laptop to see if this reoccurs.

 

what i did is reinstall flash from Ubuntu software center + nspluginwrapper working fine very smooth play on 32 bit ubuntu linux

thanks Trespasser for libflashplayer 32 some how i miss the post


i use to be fedora fan second distro i like is mint never be ubuntu fan but this one i install on my brother laptop just as a test mode and because its LTS release

but now i feel some how i'll hypnotized by it i dont give my brother laptop back ...... atleast not for few weeks

 

I like both Ubuntu and Fedora, two distros I always have as my primary and secondary.

 

Mrkvonic, when can we expect your review?

 

My Plymouth looks nice now with this simple workaround from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9217024&postcount=1 Applies to those that installed the nvidia drivers from Ubuntu.

gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
and add the line in BOLD.

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1680x1050

Save the file and run sudo update-grub
Reboot to check.

Note set the resolution to your monitors resolution. (Mine is 1440x900)
Probably wise to back up the grub file beforehand.

 

I've found that the 32bit flash plugin with the wrapper on 64bit buggier than the "alpha" 64bit player, good example being not being able to start a benchmark at speedtest.net.

 

What happens if you change your monitor?

 

Am not sure, I only have one monitor. Do you mean selecting a non native resolution ? In that case I would assume just changing that line to reflect the new resolution. However I am happy as is and prefer to run it on native resolution.

 

Yep, the user has to be wary or might get a non usable resolution while booting.

 

I have noticed that Lucid no longer requires a password when mounting a partition. I know one can change that but what do you think of this change from previous Ubuntus ?

 

For me its convinient, earlier I would have to edit it manually via pysdm, all my data lies on separate partition and this allows me to clean install Ubuntu.