[SOLVED] 2 issues

[lukydude]

1) i cant install flash

2) should i upgrade to 8.04lts ubuntu or is it too bugy? i heard lots of people have trouble with it.

[xfceuser]

2) there are some important updates in 8.04 . but you might see, if your current version works perfectly, you can stay with it.
the best thing is to try the new version (8.04), if it is working ok on your particular system then it is the best.

[xfceuser]

1) flash you can install by going to System menu -> add/remove programs
search for flash, take care to have chosen "all available applications" then check "macromedia flash plugin" for installation

[lukydude]

ok thanks

[lukydude]

how do i customize sound levels? ive tried but its always max

[xfceuser]

type in a terminal
gnome-alsamixer

[lukydude]

where and what is gnome... how do i access it? and i'm upgrade to 8.04LTS now!

[lukydude]

i used the command it didn't work look at screen shot.

[lukydude]

when im the onlt user on my pc this makes no sense:

luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ gnome-alasmixer
bash: gnome-alasmixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ gnome-alsamixer
The program 'gnome-alsamixer' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
bash: gnome-alsamixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ apt-get install gnome-a;samixer
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
bash: samixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$

[lukydude]

furhter help??

[xfceuser]

you should type:
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer

[lukydude]

ok its working now but i dont get it (attached) is orange bar down or up or??.... ahh!!

[xfceuser]

the upper you bring the slider, the higher is the volume.

[lukydude]

thank you, also im wondring what other programs and things i can do with ubuntu

[NetworkGuy]

when im the onlt user on my pc this makes no sense:

luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ gnome-alasmixer
bash: gnome-alasmixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ gnome-alsamixer
The program 'gnome-alsamixer' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
bash: gnome-alsamixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ apt-get install gnome-alsamixer
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$ apt-get install gnome-a;samixer
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13 Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
bash: samixer: command not found
luke@luke-desktop-ubuntu:~$

You missed the sudo at the start of your apt-get command

[xfceuser]

you can do with ubuntu everything that you can do with linux in general.
a list of programs with their description is in the add/remove section.
also there are more programs on internet to install. it depend what you are interested ...

[lukydude]

thanks well ive never used linux before lol

[lukydude]

couple more things:

is it possible to resize the ubuntu partiion without corrupting it?

can you dual boot kubuntu with ubuntu and xp pro?

[xfceuser]

for sure you can make kubuntu and ubuntu and ... multi-boot
you can install gparted,
sudo apt-get install gparted
and see if it has an option to resize ubuntu partition.
but i remember your ubuntu partition was already minimum, so maybe you should not make it smaller. but you can still make windows partition smaller.

[lukydude]

for sure you can make kubuntu and ubuntu and ... multi-boot
you can install gparted,
sudo apt-get install gparted
and see if it has an option to resize ubuntu partition.
but i remember your ubuntu partition was already minimum, so maybe you should not make it smaller. but you can still make windows partition smaller.

i want ubuntu bigger the others smaller is that possible?

[lukydude]

well?

[xfceuser]

Kubuntu is just the Ubuntu core with KDE desktop environment , originally Ubuntu uses Gnome. So if you like try Kubuntu, you can just install KDE (that I dont know exactly how, but must be on archive surely) this will save a lot disk space for you. also you will have choice to choose Gnome or KDE at the login.
just a tip: be a bit cautious with resizing etc. the partitions.
it is always advised everywhere that you backup anything important on your disks.