A few problems I'm having with ubuntu

I've been looking for awnsers using google, but came up empty.

First and biggest problem so far is I have no sound, I'm using a new logitech clearchat Pro USB head set and get no sound. I followed several trouble shooting steps (selecting device to use, turn up volume, make sure its not muted) but still have the problem.

Another big problem is the fact I can't seem to install flash player and AIM both programs are made for linux too and I downloaded the right kind. It all downloads fine but when I click the .exe to install it pops up a window that says "Do you want to run "Flashplayer-installer", or display its contents?- "flashplayer-installer" is an executable text file." then it has buttons titled "Run in Terminal" "Display" "Cancel" "Run" I tried all and both run in terminal and run do nothing but close the window display shows the code. So how can I fix this?

My ubuntu is completely updated too.

Lots of steps just to get flash working in linux

I'll do that after I reinstall/format because I'm getting a new motherboard and don't want to do all that twice.

Yup surrealdeal nailed it

Let me clarify a couple of steps.

first install a 32bit firefox

sudo su -;

cd /root;


wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla [...] 11.tar.gz;

tar xzvf firefox-2.0.0.11.tar.gz;

mv firefox /usr/local/firefox



and then run the following



wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/g [...] ux.tar.gz;

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

cd install_flash_player_9_linux/;

cp libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins;



You can use any reasonable directory for firefox instead of /usr/local/firefox like /opt/firefox or whatever.

Then you can link, alias or reconfigure the icons in your GUI accordingly to launch the new firefox.


GL

1. what you are trying to wget is the firefox source, that's not flash.
2. are currently using a browser? if so, what is it?
3. are you root?
... you mentioned you all ready have the install program. is this it:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/dow [...] kwaveFlash
if so, it should come with a file: libflashplayer.so , which you must copy to the plugins folder of the browser you are using. goto /usr/local and click the folder that has the same name your browser does. now goto plugins. copy the file libflashplayer.so there.

sudo su -;

cd /root;


wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla [...] 11.tar.gz;

tar xzvf firefox-2.0.0.11.tar.gz;


mv firefox /usr/local/;


Sorry there was a typo in my previous post.


Try mv firefox /usr/local/;



sudo su -

cd /root

mv firefox /usr/local/



then you can do flash player


wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/g [...] ux.tar.gz;

tar xzvf install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz

cd install_flash_player_9_linux/;

cp libflashplayer.so /usr/local/firefox/plugins;




in the end you should be able to run /usr/local/firefox/firefox and make a custom application launcher in Gnome to launch it for you.

GL

Thanks for you help guys, it works now after putting the .so file in that /usr/lib/firefox folder.

Is there any way like that to get this headphone to work or am I out of luck on this one? http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/ [...] 2&cl=us,en

now you can enjoy swf errors and feist videos.

I just installed beryl and when I type beryl-manager and click on settings the cube loads up and I close that manager and all the title bars of my windows are gone. So when I log out or restart it has the title bars again but it doesn't have the cube effect. What's wrong?