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I got flash working on 64bit AMD under debian/linux !

By dgtlmoon - Posted on 17 April 2008

Alright, it IS possible to get flash working, it's not THAT hard.

heres the s3kr3t - you need to use the nspluginwrapper util that lets you run stuff on a different architecture (not platform)


$ apt-cache search nspluginwrapper
nspluginwrapper - A wrapper to run Netscape plugins on other architectures

Grab the library .tar.gz from this adobe url

extract it, you'll find a .so in there, just move that flashlibrary.so to /usr/lib/

and then just run

Debian Lenny on the Dell Aspire 5520

By dgtlmoon - Posted on 17 April 2008

Got a new laptop, my old acer's screen died after a couple of months of backpacking (including leaving the laptop under my tent at metal festivals, in my backpack at the front of 75000 crowd mosh pot etc) and rigorous work, i must say, they are pretty good value considering it supplies me with my yearly income, socialising, projects, hobbies etc.

minor glitch installing mysql 5 on lenny

By dgtlmoon - Posted on 14 April 2008

Looks like the mysql system tables were missing on my fresh install of Debian Lenny on my Acer Aspire 5520 laptop.

just run mysql_install_db , after this you'll need to get your mysql debian credentials back in line, these are usually stored under /etc/mysql/ (this is so mysqladmin etc will work again)


/usr/bin/mysql_install_db
WARNING: The host 'nine' could not be looked up with resolveip.
This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 % compatible
with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL daemon, mysqld, should work

Dell 720 printer (Lexmark z600) on debian / sarge

By dgtlmoon - Posted on 07 November 2006

OK So finally I decided to use the free printer that came with my Dell inspiron 2200 laptop after nearly 1.5 years of leaving it in it's original box it came in - mainly cause i know this is the kind of printer that is more expesnive to run (by the