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1425616 2016-09-22 04:38:00 @B.M. Am I correct in assuming that you can't play any .swf files or you can play some but not your own one?

Maybe we should try checking the system for any problems with the installed applications:


sudo apt-get -f install

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Repeat those two until neither gives an error report. IF they find and fix installation errors then reboot after you get a clean pass.

The easiest and most likely way to avoid typos when using terminal commands is to copy and paste rather than retype them. The only catch is that in the terminal you need to hold down the SHIFT key as well as the CTRL key to copy and paste. That's a little trick that probably confuses many newbies I'm sure. :)

Ok to clarify things:

I can view the files you linked to with gnash only. Firefox & VLC don’t work.

I can’t play any of mine with anything associated with Linux Mint.

However, they all play with Flash Player in Windows.

That was what was behind my thinking that if we could get Flash Player to work via wine our problem may be solved.

Anyway, just for a bit of fun, years ago I put together a Health & Safety spoof in .swf and anybody interested in trying to open it, especially with Linex, can find it HERE (www.dropbox.com) at Dropbox.

I'll get back on the file check Rod. 		B.M. (505)
1425617 2016-09-22 05:04:00 Easiest bit first.

I think it looks OK Rod?

7471

Now to install Flash :rolleyes: 		B.M. (505)
1425618 2016-09-22 05:35:00 Yeah, that looks OK ... but you need to run the second command too (sudo dpkg --configure -a). I see you've got another 43 updates. You seem to get a lot of updates. Maybe if someone is running the same version of Mint might be able to say if that is happening with their install. My older install of Mint gets only a few updates (one today).

In Firefox if you go to www.adobe.com does it tell you that Flash is installed? You should get the Flash animation and a box telling you which version you have installed. Here, in Kubuntu I haven't got the Flash plugin installed so it tells me that "A plugin is needed to display this content". 		Rod J (451)
1425619 2016-09-22 05:46:00 BTW, I played that "Health and Safety.swf" no problem in Mint's 17.2's Firefox. I'm very impressed, quite a cool sequence of photos and nice music ... that is one job I couldn't do for any money as heights don't agree with me at all! :waughh: Rod J (451)
1425620 2016-09-22 05:55:00 So I thought I would just randomly find SWF files online to test in Firefox and they all worked fine with sound. So it is possible we have a SWF file that doesnt conform to specification and the error handling in Windows may correct it while Linux implies strictness. They force you not to take shortcuts and its a way I follow.

I am surprise VLC chose to support SWF because as the developers said, it was not a movie format but an animation. To be more specific, its a container that makes use of storing Flash videos so someone may have twisted their arms or mplayer added it which VLC builds upon.

This would be a detour in progressing, as I would suggest means to decompile/disassemble, extract, convert or check conformity. Just to see if we could fix that SWF file.

These formats are the reason open formats came about because you should not need to be stuck to it. 		Kame (312)
1425621 2016-09-22 06:07:00 You guys aren’t going to believe this, but I thought I’d better check that my Dropbox link worked so I tried it and got told couldn’t preview .swf files. Ahh that rang a bell as I recall that happened under Windows, so I downloaded it and bugger me days if it didn’t play perfectly with Flash Player through WINE.

So I tried the Hervey Bay holiday .swf off the Flash Drive and perfect again.

Now, I never got around to reinstalling Flash, and the only thing that happened between times was I ran that command you posted Rod. Could that have just fixed something?

Anyway, I’m stoked, so thanks to everyone who contributed, especially, in alphabetical order, Dave, Kame and Rod.

And just for the Linux knockers, there has been over 26,000 following this thread, so Linux is hardly “Dead in the Water”. ;)

PS: Just read your post Rod and I’d like to get an Image / back-up / roll back position, so if something turns to custard with those updates, I can get back to where I am now with everything working fine.

Any thoughts?

:thanks Everyone. 		B.M. (505)
1425622 2016-09-22 08:37:00 I like Linux and do use it on my media PC however I never have been and never will be a command line fan which is one of the reasons I don't use it for my main computer, that and a couple of must have programs won't run under Wine gary67 (56)
1425623 2016-09-22 08:53:00 And just for the Linux knockers, there has been over 26,000 following this thread, so Linux is hardly “Dead in the Water”. ;)
. Who said Linux was dead in the water ?? -- No One. Many people simply want to look at whats being written, you'll find many of the counts are from the same people, every time a person visits the thread it will add 1, you do of course realize that a high number of the posts are your own, so if you went in 50 times there would be 50 views, not 26K people. Still a LONG way behind the thread you called "still not going".

You'll find as soon as problems stop getting asked the thread will fade into the never nevers.

Good you finally got it sorted, Till next time ;) 		wainuitech (129)
1425624 2016-09-22 10:21:00 No Can do sorry, that was close to a year ago, on linux forums I usually never visit ( cant even remember the sites, only have the word Linux in them), didn't use the same user name as here, and chances of finding those posts would be next to zero . It was for a customers Linux Server, not mine . Shame, it would probably be enlightening to see the chosen venue and the context for your claims .



Since this appears to be the linux post , tried to find answers on google, The search ---- "Kubuntu change workgroup name" basically all the same everything appears to bring up Ubuntu results and guess what doesn't work . Installed samba, seems strange it wasn't already there .

What I'm trying to do is replicate the problem fred asked about in PCTeks post to try and finally get an answer .

BUT changing the workgroup - what a mission, Kubuntu --- all the suggestions don't work .
Its suggested you open a terminal (easy) type in sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb . conf Asks for password(entered) retype sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb . conf SOURCE ( . linuxtopia . org/online_books/linux_beginner_books/unofficial_ubuntu_starter_guide/index_105 . html" target="_blank">www . linuxtopia . org) & 2nd source ( . com/archives/475" target="_blank">petestechblog . com)

Error sudo: gedit command not found

What a muck about, why not just have an option in the settings ? Shouldn't have to install programs just to make basic setting changes . I have done it in the past years ago, and even then it was a lot of cmd work .

So what the fix ?Given this example, it's hardly surprising that you got a less than satisfactory "support experience" . "What a hassle, why can't it be like windows" generally turns off the helpful and brings out the trolls - a little willingness to listen and learn go a long way, and your knowledge of how windows does it isn't worth much .

Changing the 'workgroup' implies SMB (Windows) networking, (that has zero to do with 'Linux') and there is nothing simple at all about the mechanics of that poorly documented and constantly changing protocol (ever wondered why different windows version have so much trouble communicating? - and that's from people who have access to all the 'secrets' that the samba people have to discover for themselves) .

FWIW the workgroup name is largely irrelevant for linux client machines browsing and connecting to SMB servers and most default installs include smbclient and associated functionality in the file managers so that it "just works" regardless of the workgroup name .

If you want your machine to be a "server" for other SMB clients, then installing and configuring the basic details of the samba server package would do the trick .
Both gnome and KDE have gui settings tools to configure this and there are probably a few other standalone packages for this purpose too - I was always partial to the SWAT 'samba web admin tool' but it hasn't been updated for the changes in the latest samba suite .

The most basic level (available in all environments so usually what is advised without having to find out what version of what DE and what config tools you have installed) is to edit the smb . conf file directly with whatever text editor you have available . It's a simple list of parameter names and corresponding values that include WORKGROUP=whateveryouwant .

How to do basic tasks like using a text editor as root on your chosen distro is a separate question and shouldn't be part of your samba query . 		fred_fish (15241)
1425625 2016-09-22 11:05:00 Any thoughts?Your nice H&S .swf plays fine in Firefox with the flashplayer-nonfree plugin enabled.

gnash won't play it - the properties show this:
7475...whatever that "AVM2" Root VM version means (the 'unsupported' seems fairly clear :) ). 		fred_fish (15241)
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