Fooling around with ubuntu
Learning to use Ubuntu by fooling around.
Installed Gnash—the buggy GNU flash player plugin, instead of Adobe Flash plugin for Firefox. The fix (thanks to this tip):
sudo apt-get remove gnash
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Accidentally deleted the top panel—the one that docks Applications, Places, System and other stuff. Logout and re-login only restored the bottom panel. The fix: Right clicked on the bottom panel to create a new panel. Right-clicked on the newly created top (blank) panel and added a Terminal icon. Opened Terminal and typed the following (thanks to this tip):
gnome-session-remove gnome-panel
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel
gnome-panel &
The default top Gnome panel came back on—taking away the goofballs dancing in my stomach. The point is simply this: Google for any of your “against the wall” kind Ubuntu challenge, and you’re sure to get answers. That I think is very, very reassuring.
New goof: I accidentally unchecked “Administer the system” option from User Privileges. Thanks to this tip, I could add myself back.
flashplayer, gnash, gnome, top bar, ubuntu
Chetan, did you mean to write, “removed the buggy Gnash, installed Adobe Flash” instead? The lines:
sudo apt-get remove gnash
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
do just that. Just wondering.
Nov 16, 07 at 13:03Oh, I meant this: “I should have installed Flash in the first instance, when presented with two options. But instead I installed Gnash, only to regret, because Gnash doesn’t work well on many flash sites.” Hence the use of word “Fix” i.e., undo and revert.
“removed the buggy Gnash, installed Adobe Flash” isn’t fooling around—as this post implies; it is doing the right thing, which I didn’t do in the first instance.
Nov 16, 07 at 13:32