[ubuntu-florida] [Ubuntu-us-florida] Ubuntu troubles (Fwd from Moderation)

[Mark Cahill]

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On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Michael <mhall at lakeland.net> wrote:

> Just so you know, Flash and Java aren't installed in Ubuntu by default,
> you will need to add them from the Applications->Add/Remove... program.
> It could be that your website problems have nothing to do with the proxy
> settings at all.
>
> Also, I encourage you to join the IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-fl, you can do
> that with the Pidgin Instant Messenger installed in Ubuntu, just create
> a new IRC account, then got Buddies->Join a Chat to join.
> -
> Michael Hall
> mhall at lakeland.net
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 23:34 -0400, Chris Crisafulli wrote:
> > Team,
> >
> > I was sent the following:
> >
> >         Hi Chris,
> >         my name is Logan and I am a newer Linux user but am trying my
> >         hardest to
> >         learn more about everything having to do with the OS and my
> >         computer in
> >         general. I believe I made an awful mistake in setting a
> >         default proxy during
> >         the setup of Ubuntu and this has in turn botched some websites
> >         which demand
> >         flash and certain java scripts. Whenever I try to alter my
> >         proxy while using
> >         the Ubuntu command, sudo does not let me enter my password (or
> >         anything else
> >         for that matter). I do not know what I did wrong and would
> >         like to know if
> >         you have any advice.
> >
> >         Thanks from Ocala,
> >
> >         Logan
> >
> > I have never had a need to set a proxy, but I don't know how that
> > would affect the ability to sudo.
> >
> > Anyone have any advice? Other then re-install without these settings?
> >
> > Logan,
> >
> > Welcome to the Florida Team! Hopefully you can check out more about
> > the team on Launchpad We also have Florida Team Forums where you can
> > post issues like what you are now experiencing (the benefit of posting
> > stuff like this to the forum is sharing the solution). Not that you
> > can't also mail the list, but your quoted e-mail was actually trapped
> > in the Florida Team's Mailing List spam filter. If you would like for
> > your mail to be sent straight to the team, you need to subscribe to
> > the Mailing List and use the subscription e-mail address to e-mail
> > with or else it will go to moderation.
> >
> > A lot of us hang out in #ubuntu-us-fl on irc.freenode.net, you can
> > also go there and ask questions and find out more on what we have
> > planned as a team!
> >
> >
> > Talk with you soon,
> >
> > Chris Crisafulli
> > itnet7 / #ubuntu-us-fl / irc.freenode.net
> > Florida Team Lead
> >
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