multimedia problems

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:44:30 +0800
Charles Yao <yaocharlesc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi i did just that but nothing happened. In fact i cant get any
> package that does not  come with the cd

Charles, just as a hint- please put your replies at the bottom, not the top: top-posting makes the thread hard to follow and read.
My comments/ questions are below ;)

> 
> On 8/26/05, squareyes <squareyes at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Peter Garrett wrote:
> > 
> > >On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:16:30 +0800
> > >Charles Yao <yaocharlesc at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>How do I find them in synaptic, I cant seem to find either.
> > >>
> > >>Thanks
> > >>
> > >>On 8/26/05, squareyes <squareyes at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>david wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 07:13 +0200, Praveen Kumar wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >These links might help you:
> > >
> > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AddingRepositoriesHowto
> > >
> > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RestrictedFormats
> > >
> > >Peter
> > >
> > >
> > Hi Praveen,
> > once you have checked out above, and added necessary repositories,
> > open Synaptic and click on search button, type w32codecs and
> > it should find it for you
> > Take Care
> > Winton

Pasted from top-post:

> Hi i did just that but nothing happened. In fact i cant get any
> package that does not  come with the cd

Have you reloaded synaptic? After adding the repositories as explained on the pages linked above, you need to "refresh" the lists by reloading them - this updates your lists of available programs form the new repositories you have enabled. This can be done from the commandline, but the synaptic " reload" works exactly the same.

Peter


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