Probably stupid question, but

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 24 August 2013 22:49:17 Ric Moore did opine:

> On 08/24/2013 05:45 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 August 2013 17:37:04 Ali Linx (amjjawad) did opine:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:25 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> 
wrote:
> >>> So, what is the procedure to install 9.5.5 flash player now?
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers, Gene
> >> 
> >> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install xubuntu-restricted-extras
> >> 
> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
> > 
> > Went out to do it, crashed.  Cannot reliably get the grub boot screen
> > so I can run memtest.
> > 
> > I thought the key to get the grub choice screen was esc or left shift
> > but neither seems reliable, once in 20 reboot attempts or less.  I
> > have removed the quiet and splash from the /boot/grub/grub.cfg, but
> > that seems to only get me a black screen that turns off the monitor
> > until it shows the login prompt.
> 
> Gene, I'd just try re-installing it using the Live session. It seems
> others have had the same problem (and networking problems) going
> straight to install. And just let it pick it's own disk partition
> scheme, just go straight stock ~without customizing anything~.
> 
> Don't push any red buttons, as red is not a good color to push. You and
> I are much alike (dinosaurs) and we like to push the buttons. <cackles>
> Ric

Yeah Ric, but as dinosaurs go, <VBG> I could be your father. :)

Cheers, Gene
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