no luck with flash with either firefox or chrome

[Ric Moore]

On 03/31/2013 07:22 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 31 March 2013 11:54, Charles Smith <cts.private at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> But, I've really run up against a wall here.  Somebody suggested that I
>> re-install my operating system (!), and I might end up doing that (!!!).
>> Before I go that far, though, maybe I should get the update mechanism
>> working ...
>
> It should not come to that.  Lets get the upgrade working first.  That
> may tell us what is really wrong with the system.

If those hand-installed packages broke something, he might need to do a 
complete wipe and clean install. Only this time he would do better to 
check all the little boxes to turn on the third party stuff. It's so 
dead easy. Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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