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browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
hi, i'm relatively new to linux (having used fedora 11 for a month prior to a debian lenny install yesterday), so i guess i'm almost as newby as they come. my problem is that when i try to watch films from sites such as watch-movies for example using iceweasel, whenever i click on a link that would normally open another window with said video playing, nothing happens whatsoever. any suggestions?
heres the aaaaaand...ive only had lenny installed a day and it seems ive broken gnome-system-monitor, i cant start it from the gnome menu or the terminal. whenever i try to use it via terminal i get the following error message-
** (gnome-system-monitor:4153): WARNING **: SELinux was found but is not enabled.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Glib::FileError'
Aborted
any suggestions here also?
any help would be greatly appreciated
heres the aaaaaand...ive only had lenny installed a day and it seems ive broken gnome-system-monitor, i cant start it from the gnome menu or the terminal. whenever i try to use it via terminal i get the following error message-
** (gnome-system-monitor:4153): WARNING **: SELinux was found but is not enabled.
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Glib::FileError'
Aborted
any suggestions here also?
any help would be greatly appreciated
Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
First, you need to update your sources.list file:
As root:
Make sure this line is in there:
As root:
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gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
i have 'deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free' not the us one.
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny non-free contrib main
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny non-free contrib main #Added by software-properties
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
can i ask why you mentioned that?
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny non-free contrib main
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny non-free contrib main #Added by software-properties
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb http://ftp.gb.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #Added by software-properties
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
can i ask why you mentioned that?
Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
You need to also add
you also need the key, which has been packaged here: http://www.debian-multimedia.org/pool/m ... 16_all.deb
just go to the directory where you downloaded it to and(as root)
after that, make sure you have the following installed(again as root):
Let me know how that works out.
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deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
just go to the directory where you downloaded it to and(as root)
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dpkg -i debian-multimedia-keyring_2008.10.16_all.deb
after that, make sure you have the following installed(again as root):
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apt-get install w32codecs flashplugin-nonfree gecko-mediaplayer
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Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
Holy cow batman is all of that in your sources.list?
Try something a little more streamlined.
In order for Iceweasel to open multimedia links you need plugins like totem-mozilla or mozilla-mplayer, vlc-mozilla etc pick one. Probably also need Flash and Java.
Try something a little more streamlined.
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##Basic Stable sources.list#
#Stable Use your country code or a mirror closer to you.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
#Stable Sources
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
#Security Updates Stable
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
# Debian Volatile http://www.debian.org/volatile/
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
#deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile-sloppy main contrib non-free
# Debian Stable Backports
# For information visit
# http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
# apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
#deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
#Debian-multimedia.org apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main
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Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
thanks for the responses folks twas a bit late last night to try those out and im off to work any minute this morning, i'll try when i get back from work later. thanks, once again for the swift reply
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hi again, tried this as suggested
any ideas?
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'apt-get install w32codecs flashplugin-nonfree gecko-mediaplayer'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package w32codecs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package w32codecs has no installation candidate
Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
Did you run "apt-get update" (as root) after editing the sources list?Burt wrote:hi again, tried this as suggestedany ideas?Code: Select all
'apt-get install w32codecs flashplugin-nonfree gecko-mediaplayer' Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package w32codecs is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package w32codecs has no installation candidate
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Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
Make sure you run aptitude update after changing your sources.listBurt wrote:hi again, tried this as suggestedany ideas?Code: Select all
'apt-get install w32codecs flashplugin-nonfree gecko-mediaplayer' Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package w32codecs is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package w32codecs has no installation candidate
aptitude install flashplayer-mozilla mozilla-mplayer all of which are in the debian-multimedia.org repo. Or you can install flashplugin-nonfree from backports.org, by doing aptitude -t lenny-backports install flashplugin-nonfree. gecko-mediaplayer is only in testing and unstable not stable.
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Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
Didn't know that, thanks for the info. I have only ever run testing or unstable, so my knowledge of stable is limited to what I think I can infer from unstable.craigevil wrote:gecko-mediaplayer is only in testing and unstable not stable.
Re: browser wont open video links, aaaaaand...
i hadn't ran apt-get update after editing the sources.list no. thats got things running along smoothly now, got the necessary plugins installed now too, thanks everyone
now, to try and get gnome-system-monitor working again haha..
now, to try and get gnome-system-monitor working again haha..