Someone had suggested early that they use wine to run the windows version of firefox with it's plugins. Is this a better alternative?
-Andrew -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Reagle Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:07 AM To: Edubuntu Users Group Subject: RE: flash videos on Hardy Flash seems to be brought up as a problem quite frequently. I know that at the Edubuntu labs that I take care of (which have flashplugin-nonfree), it's a major CPU hog and tends to make Firefox crash. Has anybody tried Gnash? How is it? -- greg reagle | computer technician, system administrator | community it innovators - CITI | 202-234-1600 ext. 353 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:edubuntu-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Krsnendu dasa > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:48 PM > To: Edubuntu Users Group > Subject: flash videos on Hardy > > Go to youtube.com automatically get prompted to install plugin. Click a > few buttons and flash with sound works. Everything is fine on the server, > > But on the thin clients... > the videos are choppy. I know that when I installed on Feisty it was > choppy at first, but after setting LDM_DIRECTX=True it became good. > Now the video is choppy whether LDM_DIRECTX or not. > > Can anyone offer suggestions or look into it. I have been trying to find > out about drivers etc, but I have run out of time for now. > My network hasn't changed, and the problem persists even when the thin > client is connected directly to the server. > > > Possible things to look at are: > 1. Changes in LDM that may make a difference? > 2. Graphics card Drivers? > 3. Changes in new version of Flash? > Any other ideas? -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
