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alligoodw
February 27th, 2009, 06:29 PM
I've installed Ubuntu 8.10 on a HP Pavilion dv6000. I've corrected the nVidia problem as well as the wireless problem. Now it's time to correct a problem with Firefox.

When I go to Nasa.gov, CNN.com and Fancast.com, no video plays. As a matter of fact, Firefox freezes altogether. Bottom line - all pages which require video doesn't currently work. What one addon is necessary to get things running? I know there has to be a simple solution to this problem. To be perfectly honest with you, I'm a little surprised that this isn't automatically set-up during the Ubuntu 8.10 installation.

Therion
February 27th, 2009, 06:31 PM
Start by Copying and Pasting the following into a Terminal:


sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras flashplugin-nonfree

Enter your password when prompted and answer yes to the prompts, legal-ese.