Hi, Mark
Yes I even re-booted and tried but same message.
Was the stuff I copied what you expected to see then?
Do you think it could be my PC it only has 512mb of RAM could that be an issue. I didn’t want to put it on my friend’s laptop until i was sure it was OK
but maybe this old PC is not up to the job?
Cheers, Doug.
Lack of RAM might be an issue as far as jerky flash video, but I would not have expected it to say flash wasn’t installed.
Let’s try Google Chrome, which has its own flashplayer built in.
Download this file:
https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
It probably downloaded to your Downloads directory … so start your file manager, then enter the Downloads directory … then double-click it … gdebi should start … then click the “Install” button.
once installed, you should find it in the menu’s at:
menu > Internet > Google Chrome
does youtube/iPlayer work in that ?
Hi, Mark
Have done as you suggested but when I click on Google Chrome nothing happens although it said it had been installed.
Also re-booted but makes no difference.
Cheers, Doug.
Something very strange going on with this system
what is returned in the terminal if you run:
google-chrome
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ google-chrome
[0501/145206:ERROR:nacl_helper_linux.cc(236)] NaCl helper process running without a sandbox!
Most likely you need to configure your SUID sandbox correctly
Does this make sense, Mark?
Cheers, Doug
Hi, Mark
As I mentioned before when I boot up it runs pages of code? or whatever scrolls for a second or two and then stops.
Need to re-start two three times before it loads Peppermint OK.
Maybe the file I’ve got is dodgy, perhaps?
Cheers, Doug
can you post the output (if any) from:
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep sse2
@ Mark
This seems to be an issue with older AMD processors
Not sure if this sheds any light on it
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/5EmprHC36WU
Graeme
Yeah I’ve read that and it explains the Chrome issue, but now I think the original problem is that the latest flashplayer requires SSE2 to work which I’m pretty sure the AthlonXP doesn’t support, in which case we’ll have to go back to flashplayer 11.1
waiting for the output from:
cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep sse2
before posting the instructions.
–
hi, Mark, Graeme
I’m really sorry to have caused you so much trouble it’s probably my old PC that’s the problem.
If I load it onto my friend’s laptop should flash player run just from the disk without having to load it onto the HDD?
Presumably if I did install it I couldn’t remove it afterwards if it still doesn’t work? I don’t want to mess it up for her.
When I get a minute I’ll run that check for you and post the output.
Thanks again,
Doug.
If you’re asking if flashplayer should work directly from the LiveUSB … erm I’m not 100% sure … I think so, as Peppermint are licensed distributors of the Adobe flashplayer, but I can’t guarantee it.
If your friends PC can boot from a LiveUSB, and you create a LiveUSB with persistence … then even if it’s not included, it should be installable (onto the LiveUSB).
Mark result :
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep sse2
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep sse2
Did it twice as you can see but nothing to show. Presume nothing there as you suspected is that so?
Doug
OK, with an active internet connection run these commands in sequence:
sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-installer google-chrome
then
mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/plugins
then
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
then
wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11876059/flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz
then
tar xvf flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz
now close the terminal and ALL web browser instances, then re-open Chromium … now test YouTube and iPlayer
Hi, Mark
When I get home later I’ll carry out your instructions and let you know how it goes.
Is the fact that when I first boot up the PC I get strings of instructions or code scrolling for several seconds indicative of
this old PC being an issue or could it be the file I put on the disk has got corrupted maybe. It does boot OK after a couple
of times,however?
I need to say sorry again for causing so much trouble. :-[
First of all did Marks instructions get your flashplayer working ?
When you say it boots ok after a couple of attempts does that mean it fails to boot when all this text is scrolling on the screen, does it crash, do you have to switch off and restart.
You do not need to say sorry this is a forum to help people with Linux issues that’s what we’re here for and we enjoy doing it, you have had an unfortunate start to using Linux and it’s not typical one, but stick with and I’m sure Mark will get it sorted out for you
Good luck
Graeme
Hi, Mark,Graeme
Results of running your last instructions.
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-installer google-chrome
[sudo] password for doug:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Note, selecting ‘google-chrome-stable’ instead of ‘google-chrome’
The following packages will be REMOVED
flashplugin-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 139 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Unquoted string “pa” may clash with future reserved word at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/Encode/Alias.pm line 1.
Bareword found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/Encode/Alias.pm line 1, near “pa”
Segmentation fault
dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
unable to open files list file for package `linux-firmware’: Input/output error
touch: cannot touch ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp’: Read-only file system
sh: 1: cannot create /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available: Read-only file system
E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Post-Invoke 'if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi; if [ -e /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available ]; then echo > /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available; fi ’
E: Sub-process returned an error code
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/plugins
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/doug/.mozilla’: Read-only file system
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
bash: cd: /home/doug/.mozilla/plugins: No such file or directory
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11876059/flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz
–2014-05-02 16:01:44-- https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/11876059/flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz
Resolving dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)… 54.235.246.251, 54.243.130.97, 54.243.172.108, …
Connecting to dl.dropboxusercontent.com (dl.dropboxusercontent.com)|54.235.246.251|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 6455886 (6.2M) [application/octet-stream]
flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz: Read-only file system
Cannot write to ‘flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz’ (Success).
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $ tar xvf flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz
tar: flashplayer-11.1-32bit.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
doug@doug-System-Name ~ $
Regards, Doug
Hi, Graeme,
No change unfortunately same message about flash.
Not that I understand it but looking at the output of the instructions Mark gave me clearly there is something wrong either with the file I have on the disk
or with the PC I’m using either way I feel I’m wasting your time on what looks like a hopeless case.
Perhaps if I try using the USB flash drive I created with my friends laptop without loading it onto the HDD and see if everything else works OK then maybe
I could add flash player afterwards? I can’t boot up from a flash drive on this ancient artefact I’m using.
In answer to your question after it has scrolled through umpteen pages of text/code/instructions it stops and I have literally to switch it off and re-boot it.
After two or maybe three attempts it finally loads Peppermint OK.
Cheers, Doug.
The clue is in:
touch: cannot touch ‘/var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp’: [b]Read-only file system[/b]
That would mean that you have a corrupted file system and it is mounted read only.
You could try to force the file system check.
What SeZo said 
… if file system errors are discovered, Linux will remount the file system in read-only mode so further damage can’t be done.
Are you sure the hard drive is OK on this system ? … this could also explain your boot issues.
Hi, Mark
In truth the answer is I don’t know can I check the HDD somehow?
I think the reality is I’m wasting your time and Graeme’s because either the PC is faulty or the file is corrupted either way
it’s clearly more than just a minor fault.
I’ll try using the USB stick in my friend’s laptop over the weekend (probably Sunday) and see what happens. I did include persistence
(is that the correct word?) so if I understand correctly does that mean I can add software to the USB provided it’s less than the
persistence amount I specified at the start? Or maybe I’ve just misunderstand what persistence really means!!!
I’d like to get this up and running as it seems quite good and if I can get it running safely on my friend’s laptop it will save her some money too hopefully.
I’ve just remembered the only problem is her laptop has only 512mb RAM but she’s happy to buy more memory and it seems easy enough to fit, perhaps best to get that first do you think?
Anyway thank you both again I do appreciate all your efforts.
Regards, Doug