Packages missing from the repository

[Jook_roberts]

I can’t install the nvidia proprietary driver. The Kubuntu hardware manager doesn’t work and the envyng-core package is not available. Anyone else have this problem and get around it?

How about the mplayer plugin for Firefox? That doesn’t seem to be in the repository either.

Dale

[Rog131]

Re: Packages missing from the repository

How about the mplayer plugin for Firefox? That doesn’t seem to be in the repository either.

> FAQ: Repositories >> Ubuntu Packages Search:

This site provides you with information about all the packages available in the Ubuntu Package archive.

> Package: mozilla-mplayer (3.55-2ubuntu1) Karmic:

mplayerplug-in is a Mozilla browser plugin to allow playing embedded

movies on web pages using mplayer.

NOTE: this software is no longer maintained upstream. Its replacement is gecko-mediaplayer.

> Package: gecko-mediaplayer (0.9.8-1ubuntu1) Lucid:

Multimedia plug-in for Gecko browsers

Gecko Media Player is a browser plug-in that uses GNOME MPlayer and Mplayer to play media in a browser. It uses the NS4 API and is therefore compatible with all NS4 derived browsers: Iceweasel, Firefox, Iceape, Epiphany, Galeon, Midbrowser, Xulrunner, etc.

It is the modern replacement for mplayerplug-in (from the same author).

[Jook_roberts]

Re: Packages missing from the repository

I will install that one tonight.

Thanks

[LinuxRocks]

Re: Packages missing from the repository

I can’t install the nvidia proprietary driver. The Kubuntu hardware manager doesn’t work and the envyng-core package is not available. Anyone else have this problem and get around?

You can just download the nvidia driver from the nvidia site and run it as root...

Make sure you are NOT in your window manager by pressing ctrl+alt+f1 to go to a terminal, log in and type

sudo service kdm stop

Then, go to the location where your nvidia driver file is, make it executable by chmod +x filename, and then run it.

You can have the installer update/create your xorg.conf file, or just use this.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "Default Screen"
    DefaultDepth  24
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "Default Device"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "NoLogo"    "True"
EndSection

copy that into /etc/X11/xorg.conf as root or sudo and then restart x.

Hope this helps!

Joe

[Jook_roberts]

Re: Packages missing from the repository

Thanks,LinuxRocks. Worked great.

Then, go to the location where your nvidia driver file is, make it executable by chmod +x filename, and then run it

To any others trying this, the run command is:

sudo ./filename