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    Exclamation hardware and software installation problems

    I just recently installed ubuntu on my laptop because i got sick of windows vista. I'am not new to ubuntu but not very knowledgeable especially when it comes to command lines and stuff like that. My computer is a HP DV6 pavilion with:

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
    00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (ext gfx port 0)
    00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
    00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
    00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
    00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5)
    00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
    00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
    00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
    00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
    00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
    00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
    00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
    00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
    00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
    00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
    00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
    00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
    00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
    00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Address Map
    00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] DRAM Controller
    00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Miscellaneous Control
    00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Mobile K10 [Turion X2, Athlon X2, Sempron] Link Control
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
    01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc R700 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4000 Series]
    08:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
    09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)


    Now my problem originally came from no sound and a superfast video frames on adobe flash player. I tried uninstalling adobe flash player and got the message " some parts could not be removed please remove manually" I tried to find any parts of the program on my drive however it is all locked and i cant modify the files in any way! I tried uninstalling in as many ways as i know with no result, I tried to install some other things to facilitate the uninstall and discovered that i cant install either, I cant install updates either. basically it seems like i need to uninstall the flashplayer completely before i can fix my other issues! Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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    Re: hardware and software installation problems

    the message i get now is:
    E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.

    just in case it helps a bit more

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    Re: hardware and software installation problems

    Here's how to fix the "E: The package adobe-flashplugin needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it." error...

    Code:
    $ sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm  # Deletes a troublesome config file
    $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure adobe-flashplugin --force  # Force-reconfigures adobe-flashplugin
    $ sudo dpkg --purge --force-all adobe-flashplugin  # Force-removes adobe-flashplugin
    $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree  # Installs flashplayer the easy way
    Good luck!
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