Self Sufficient computer repair and maintenance

[SteveC]

Iirc that may be a hardware acceleration issue?

Thanks Whoey you are the man   

I disabled it in chrome and that fixed it     

[Fortytwo]

I'll throw in a question here. The hard drive of my laptop was starting to show problems so I went ahead and changed it for an SSD. I did not move anything over at the time since I wanted a fresh install and I was sure I would be able to use my SATA-USB setup to move the files over at a later time. But unlike other hard drives this doesn't show up when I plug it in. My best guess is that it's either because it's a system drive or because it was partitioned into two parts. Now, I could of course go ahead and stick it back into the laptop and move it from there but I'd rather not if there's any way to get it to show up. Are there any special steps to take to get Windows to show a partitioned external drive?

[Fortytwo]

I'll throw in a question here. The hard drive of my laptop was starting to show problems so I went ahead and changed it for an SSD. I did not move anything over at the time since I wanted a fresh install and I was sure I would be able to use my SATA-USB setup to move the files over at a later time. But unlike other hard drives this doesn't show up when I plug it in. My best guess is that it's either because it's a system drive or because it was partitioned into two parts. Now, I could of course go ahead and stick it back into the laptop and move it from there but I'd rather not if there's any way to get it to show up. Are there any special steps to take to get Windows to show a partitioned external drive?

Ok, so the drive shows up in the Disk Manager as a Healthy (GPT Protective Partition) but I get no options to do anything with it (such as changing drive label (in case that's the trouble)). And it shows 16384 GB, strange for a 1TB drive.

[Fortytwo]

Ok, since I couldn't find anything relevant to my problem on the internet I just placed the old hard drive back into the laptop. Doing the transfers right now.

[Whoey]

yeah some of those usb adapters only read the first partition, it's likely there's more than a couple on a windows drive, and usually a restore partition as well. You may well need special partitioning software to access the other partitions from a different windows install.

[Fortytwo]

yeah some of those usb adapters only read the first partition, it's likely there's more than a couple on a windows drive, and usually a restore partition as well. You may well need special partitioning software to access the other partitions from a different windows install.

I have the same problem again since my girlfriend's computer died. This time I saw a recommendation to plug it straight into a Sata contact. I'll have to fetch my old stationary PC from storage and try that out.

[Gerhard Gerber]

Just a quick thank you 

Saved my mom a bunch of money, she has a spotless old Acer laptop, Celeron processor.
The Win XP it was running was more of a problem than performance.

Followed advice I saw here, installed a 120Gb SSD and loaded Windows 7, Mon is happy and the performance is frankly amazing. 

[sir_mike]

To all the linux guru's! 

I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's.  It just say an error has occured.

Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.

Thx in advance for any and all help! 

[Whoey]

I stopped using Firefox a long while back, and actually disabled flash on my Chrome install. I have no trouble playing videos on Facebook or anywhere else for that matter (most now default to html5 players if flash is not detected.)

I have no experience on Fedora, so maybe Detron or someone else who is used to it should chime in.

[detron]

To all the linux guru's! 

I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's.  It just say an error has occured.

Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.

Thx in advance for any and all help!

start with this link

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/music-video-files-dont-play-linux-fix/


let me know if this fixes it, and if not I will see if I can help

[sir_mike]

I stopped using Firefox a long while back, and actually disabled flash on my Chrome install. I have no trouble playing videos on Facebook or anywhere else for that matter (most now default to html5 players if flash is not detected.)

I have no experience on Fedora, so maybe Detron or someone else who is used to it should chime in.

I prefer Chrome too but have the same issues with it and it wouldn't even work for Youtube video's let alone Facebook ones.  I found a flash deal for Firefox so went with that.

[sir_mike]

To all the linux guru's! 

I am a linux noob and have Fedora 25 installed on a laptop to play with and added the flash so I can watch video's ect but while on Facebook it won't play the embedded video's.  It just say an error has occured.

Is there a seperate program I need to add to view these or is the flash not working right even though it shows it is enabled within Firefox.

Thx in advance for any and all help!

start with this link

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/music-video-files-dont-play-linux-fix/


let me know if this fixes it, and if not I will see if I can help

I did follow the link but still get the error when I click on a video that says "something went wrong, sorry we having trouble playing this video".

Thx for the help!  Much appreciated and feel free to use PM or email at "mjp2k AT hotmail DOT com" if you prefer.   

[Whoey]

Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...

Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.

[detron]

I have never been a user of Fedora (or anything Red Hat based)  but I will say that Linux Mint seems to fix many of these issues without any user tweaking.

[detron]

I see a similar issue for a Chromebook user just a week ago

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chromebook-central/FbTSAHDEL9o

[sir_mike]

Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...

Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.

I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora.  Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching!   

I have never been a user of Fedora (or anything Red Hat based)  but I will say that Linux Mint seems to fix many of these issues without any user tweaking.

I am not stuck on Fedora and played with Mint and Ubuntu via live cd's or install to usb drive so I should have mentioned I am not above wiping this laptop out and putting on Mint.    I guess the search is on for the distro with least issue for a noob to deal with!  LOL

Which version of Mint (Cinnamin, Mate, etc) do you use and which one is better?

[Whoey]

I was intending to replace my old Ubuntu with Mint (Ubuntu) and someone mentioned Xubuntu to me, it comes preloaded with most of the apps I was already using that might not be the default of regular Ubuntu (but are a cinch to get installed off the repositories).

Any ways, I'm on Xubuntu these days. I do have a few alternate preferred apps but it pretty much was what I wanted with Mint and the desktop is more of a work environment than all those flashy touch/tablet wanna be interfaces that seem so popular these days.

http://xubuntu.org/

[detron]

Mate versus Cinnamon is a personal choice,  but what this short video to see some of the differences



I am torn between both, and you can install both and choose each time you log in.  mate has many features I liked when I first started using linux that were found in Gnome 2.  Gnome 3 went in a different direction, and I hated it.

cinnamon is a great desktop, and has come a long way in the past few years, you will not be disappointed IMO.

 

[Whoey]

Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...

Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.

I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora.  Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching!   

Disable hardware acceleration is done on flash itself, just visit a video that is or isn't working, right click for the flash menu and uncheck the box IIRC.

Pepper flash is Chrome/Opera only IIRC, so it won't help on Firefox. I recall Flash being a major PITA to get right whereas pepperflash seemed to work immediately without me faffing around with configs or anything else.

Also worth noting that Ubuntu (and based distros) are considered to be more for linux beginners.

[detron]

I also use xubuntu on two laptops, and it is a wonderful distro.  my older laptops run great with xubuntu, and seem rather quick considering their age.

[detron]

Is it perhaps the disable "hardware acceleration" issue in flash? IIRC there was something along those lines that I experienced in the past...

Also I believe there's a flash replacement called pepper flash for Chrome which worked for me in the past.

I have heard of that program but could seen to find it for Fedora.  Being a noob, I am sure it was me and my searching!   

Disable hardware acceleration is done on flash itself, just visit a video that is or isn't working, right click for the flash menu and uncheck the box IIRC.

Pepper flash is Chrome/Opera only IIRC, so it won't help on Firefox. I recall Flash being a major PITA to get right whereas pepperflash seemed to work immediately without me faffing around with configs or anything else.

Also worth noting that Ubuntu (and based distros) are considered to be more for linux beginners.

very true statement.  and yet they can still be supportive of advanced users. 

[Whoey]

I am torn between both, and you can install both and choose each time you log in.  mate has many features I liked when I first started using linux that were found in Gnome 2.  Gnome 3 went in a different direction, and I hated it.

This, no matter what you can always have multiple setups on your system if you're still trying to figure out which is for you... then later perhaps you downsize to just the essentials you need.

[sir_mike]

I think the version of Mint I have downloaded is Cinnamon so I will probably just try that one or the current Ubuntu.

[Whoey]

If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.

[sir_mike]

If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.

Not sure how to do that! 

[detron]

If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.

Not sure how to do that! 

http://goinglinux.com/articles/Installing%20MATE%20alongside%20Cinnamon_en.htm

this should help.  it is real simple

[sir_mike]

If you install mint then you can setup any of the other Ubuntu desktops since it all works off that same base.

Not sure how to do that! 

http://goinglinux.com/articles/Installing%20MATE%20alongside%20Cinnamon_en.htm

this should help.  it is real simple

Thanks for the link.  I will check it out.  I am on Mint Cinnamon now.  Did the install a bit ago and I can play vid's in Facebook so woohoo!!!

[detron]

if Cinnamon works for you, then you may not even need to mess with MATE, it is really more of a legacy desktop.

Cinnamon is rather polished at this point in time.   I use it far more than Mate

[sir_mike]

if Cinnamon works for you, then you may not even need to mess with MATE, it is really more of a legacy desktop.

Cinnamon is rather polished at this point in time.   I use it far more than Mate

So far it seems to be working for me but I really don't have much care on which desktop I use as long as it works with the least amount of issues! 

[detron]

then I would say stick with it.  most people who use Mate use it because it is so similar to Gnome 2. 
you did not use Gnome 2, so I would not worry about it