[PLUG] Problems with browser on Ubuntu 8.04 server

[Victor Soich]

Hi all,

I need help with sound and I suppose some tweaking with buffering in
order to hear and watch you tube videos.  I installed ubuntu server
8.04 at the most recent clinic.  I installed the Xfce desktop
environment, which came with the Firefox web browser.  I followed the
help below in order to watch flash videos.

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Nathan W <nathan at nathanewilliams.com> wrote:

> alternatively, you can install the newer version of flash from adobe by
> visiting the download page you mentioned and installing the ".deb for
> ubuntu 8.04+" listed in adobes download options, which should open in
> gdebi if you run the downloaded file by clicking on it after downloaded.
> (you can install the downloaded .deb via 'sudo dpkg -i my-app.deb' in
> terminal as well...)
>
> don't forget to restart your browser after you install flash, and you
> should be set and ready to go with flash.

I did

~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i install_flash_player_10_linux.deb

from the terminal, as suggested above.

I now am able to watch videos, but not smoothly at all.  I have a
broadband, i.e. Comcast, connection.  Before, I was simply met with
instructions that said I had to download the latest version of flash.
I did that, as indicated above.  Now, when I watch videos, they are
extremely "choppy".  They are not smooth at all.  There is a message
that says "Buffer Full".  I did not have this sort of problem when
this machine had windows on it.  How do I make my videos run smoothly?

Also, I don't have any sound.  I have me speakers installed physically
in the same way as they were when windows was on the machine.  How do
I get sound out of them.  Do I have to figure out what sound card I
have, download the appropiate drivers, install them, et. al.  Or is
there something simple I can do?

Please help me to get my videos in Firefox on Linux working smoothly,
and sound so I can hear them.

Thank You,

Victor Soich