Yet another Flash plugin problem (YAFPP)

Hi, I've scoured quite a few threads for a post experiencing a similar issue but I couldn't find one, so forgive me if this is a repost. I have a rather fresh install of Arch on my notebook right now, and while flashplugin will play media for me, I often have trouble clicking on various parts of the embedded interface, such as seeking/volume control on Youtube or radio buttons in a Flash app. They just don't respond, and I can't pause videos or play certain games. Does anybody know what might be causing this?

Yeah, is it still that gtk issue?
I temporarily get around it by holding shift when I click something in flash, that seems to work.

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Yet another Flash Player Problem for a newbie

Here is the situation. A friend took my PC and installed a couple of fans and installed AVG. I get the computer back and now when my kids go to web sites that need flash player they get a message that says you don't have flash player (even though I do have it installed). I uninstalled AVG, and adobe flash player and re started the computer. I then tried to re instal the flash player however nothing happens when I click the "agree and install" button. I have windows XP IE8. After hours of looking through the web I did see a couple of articles that said some CPUs were having trouble with flash player after AVG was installed. Here is one http://news.softpedia.com/news/AVG-Tags-Adobe-Flash-Player-as-Malware-97976.shtml Anyway considering all i did was have fans and AVG put on, it had to be AVG. What I don't undestand if I uninstalled AVG why am I still having this problem, Any help would be greatly appreciated (and thats a understatement!)

Hi, I was just getting ready to reply to your post here, when I saw the other one come in. Was going to ask you if you had
checked your websites to see if using the Removal tool made a difference. Well, that is good news. Glad that took care of it and you didn't have to remove AVG. The rule with Anti-Virus programs is whenever you change from one to another(not updating or upgrading with the same company) that you Download the new one to your Desktop. Then you can remove the old program from Add/Remove, run a removal tool if one is provided and then Install the new Anti-Virus program, and Reboot(always). Reboot after Uninstalling and Reboot after Installing, best policy.
Thanks for the feedback on your success and kind words and also for marking your thread as answered. Helps everyone.
eidnolb
P.S. Should you have any issues in the future, use this thread that you have started. A lot easier since your info is here.

Playing icecast stream with flash-plugin problem

Hello,
i've got a problem playing an mp3 stream from a livecast
server with the flash-plugin (version 8,0,24) on IE (version
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
On my pc it plays fine, on another pc (with the same
versions) it doesn't play at all.
Though in will play fine in firefox on both pc's.
I can see in the icecast admin that there are listeners
connected, so it has to be flash that's not playing the stream it's
receiving.
code used:
var streamName = 'stream'
System.security.allowDomain("
http://www.insertserverurlhere.com");
myRadio = new String("
http://www.insertserverurlhere.com:8000/"+streamName);
mySound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound(myRadio, true);
mySound.start();
Can anyone help me?
Greetings,
Ramon

Anyone??

Flash Plugin problem in Safari

When I open some webpages with flash in Safari there is a black screen with a text instead of movie.
Text says: "There was a problem with Flash Plugin, please turn off energy safe function, which block Flash or connect Your computer to power source".
Then I can hear that audio is proceeding, but video stays black with a text.
My iMac is constantly connected to power source
More information:
- All energy saving funcitions are off in the system
- In Safari preferences function: "Stop plug-ins to save power" is unchecked
- Everything on my iOS is up to date
How to repair it?
PS. In Chrome browser everything works perfectly.

If you can't install or update Flash, follow these instructions.
If you have installed the latest version of Flash, please take each of the following steps that you haven't already tried. After each step, relaunch Safari and test. For a "missing plug-in" error, start with Step 8. Back up all data before making any changes.
Step 1
You might have to log out or restart the computer before a Flash update takes effect.
Step 2
From the Safari menu bar, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data...
and confirm. Close the window. Then select
           ▹ System Preferences… ▹ Flash Player ▹ Advanced
and click Delete All. Close the preference pane.
Step 3
If you're only having trouble with YouTube videos, log in to YouTube and load this page. You may see a link with the text "Leave the HTML5 Trial." If so, click that link.
Step 4
a. If you get a warning of a "blocked" or "outdated" plug-in, then select the Security tab in the Safari preferences window. In the list of plugins on the left, there should be one—and only one—entry for "Adobe Flash Player," showing the same version number that you installed. Select that entry. On the right there will be a list of websites for which you have specifically allowed Flash, if any. It's normal for the list to be empty. Below that is a menu labeled
          When visiting other websites
From that menu, select either Allow or Ask.
b. If you still get the alerts, then go back to the Flash Player preference pane and select the Advanced tab. Click Check Now. Quit and relaunch the browser.
c. If the alerts still persist, triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources
Right-click or control-click the highlighted text and select
          Services ▹ Open
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open. Inside it, there should be a file named "XProtect.meta.plist". If that file is missing and you know why it's missing, restore it from a backup or copy it from another Mac running the same version of OS X. Otherwise, reinstall OS X.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
          Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
Step 5
In the Safari preferences window, select the Advanced tab and uncheck the box marked
          Stop plug-ins to save power
Step 6
Open this folder as in Step 4:
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins
Delete the following item, or anything with a similar name, if present:
          Flash Player (failing).plugin
You may be prompted for your login password.
Step 7
Re-download and reinstall Flash. Download it from the domain "get.adobe.com". Don't click a link from any other website, including this one, because you can't trust links. They may be an attempt to trick you into installing malware masquerading as Flash. Type the address into the browser window.Never download a Flash update from anywhere else.
Step 8
If you get a "missing plug-in" error, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Security
from the Safari menu bar and check the box marked
          Allow (or Enable) plug-ins
Then click the button marked
          Manage Website Settings...
if present and make sure that the website is not blocked for Flash.
Step 9
Select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Extensions
from the Safari menu bar. If any extensions are installed, disable them.

Flash plugin problem in linux

Hi
I am running debian (lenny) and my browsers (firefox, iceweasel, epiphany, you name it) crash when I try to maximize a youtube video. Below is the error message:
epiphany-browser: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so: undefined symbol: gtk_widget_get_window
I have the latest flash plugin (10.x) installed (youtube video wont start otherwise)
Can anyone suggest a way around it?
BTW, adobe sucks

That sounds like an answer from a flash developer.
If the flashplugin.so had a dependency, the dependency should have been listed in the install package. There are hundreds of functions like this gtk_window and the failure occurs only for this. I don't accept it is the fault of gtk/debian. Adobe ought to re-make their install package, or better still, allow the community to take care of it by open-sourcing flash player

Yet another temporary freezing problem, energy saving related, maybe

I've followed uncountable suggestions about this issue, but none seem to be quite the same situation, and none of the suggestions I tried made any difference so far.
History: MBP 17" June/2009, 8GB RAM, 500GB Seagate with sudden movement protection, started life as 10.5.7, done at least three fresh reinstalls of SL. The problem was present on the second SL install (the one I really used in production for about a year), but I solved it somehow by following uncountable Google suggestions at the time. Didn't take not of the magic one, because the problem wasn't so predictable at the time, or I didn't know enough about it, and also because I only noticed the problem was gone after a couple of weeks of normal use. Unfortunately, some time ago my filesystem went nuts on a kernel panic and, though I was able to move things back in place from lost+found, a few things wouldn't work as they should, so I went for another fresh reinstall. After I started to use the new system the problem showed up again, but I haven't being able to find a fix for it again. Current system (10.6.4) and patches regularly updated, though I tend to delay a reboot to avoid putting together all my usual windows/applications in the correct desktop/spaces. Maybe the only continuously running extension I have is Growl, since I tend to more heavily use the Unix part of the Mac through MacPorts (latex, tcpdump, nmap, bash scripts, emacs and so on). Recently I installed M$ Office, but normally I prefer OpenOffice (does M$ Office install some sort of extension?)
Frequency: I'm almost sure it is triggered by something related to energy saving regarding turning off the screen, but it doesn't happen every time. When I'm giving a class, the machine runs on battery, the settings for screen off are shorter and if I take too long to generate some input (key press or touchpad action), the problem tends to happen. Interestingly, it's particularly more frequent when I'm giving classes:-):-), but it is happening even on my desk with power on. I'm inclined to think there's a "window of opportunity" for the bug to happen, maybe between screen dim and screen off (a few minutes?). My settings are currently at 15 minutes for the screen to go off, for both power adaptor and battery operation, but that's an attempt to lower the chances of this happening during class, which is terrible. They used to be at only a few minutes of inactivity.
Symptoms: if I try to do anything with the machine past some period of inactivity, maybe during that window I mentioned above, there's a high chance of the bug being triggered. The system responds quickly to clicking a window, but applications don't seem to receive the focus of attention; I notice that the window frame of an application doesn't get darker when I try to select it. On a Terminal, the prompt remains as a rectangular frame instead of a filled block (I use white characters on dark background), and no matter how much I try, I cannot give the focus of attention to the visible shell on Terminal, so I can't issue any shell command to try and find out things. Changing workspaces may happen, but at a very slow speed, maybe many seconds after issueing the command. Eventually the system recovers itself, usually after several minutes, and then all user interface events that I tried during the freeze were remembered and are played sequently as fast as the machine can handle, sometimes doing unwanted things in the process due to objects receiving the wrong action (some sort of desynchronization). The outstanding event that preceeds recovering is the screen being progressively blackened and then lit again, but not instantly as in moving the pointer to a hot corner. The screen transition happens during half to a full second, after which all queued events are played at the fastest possible speed. After that the system is completely normal. In the beginning I have hard-rebooted the machine, because I didn't know it would eventually recover itself. During class I also don't have the patience to wait for long (and neither do students:-)).
Solutions already tried:
- disabling sms through pmset. I know it has to be disabled with this particular drive, otherwise conflicts with the drive's own mechanism. It is currently off, and had been on for a while till I refound the suggestion through google.
- re-indexing Spotlight's DB. No change.
- fixing file permissions (I don't see any possible relation, but anyway...)
Don't recall what else is missing on this list, because I couldn't find a concrete suggestion for this scenario, so I believe that's about it.
It looks to be more frequent now, to the point that I decided to stop work just to write this long msg, in the hope that someone else may have seen such behaviour and have something new for me to try.
Thanks in advance.

The problem is that the initial backup is incredibly slow and hasn't worked yet. I right click on the dock icon and start the backup process which after working out what needs to be copied progress's in very slow erratic bursts.
It's hard to offer a definite solution. But there are some simple things you could try to improve the backup speed such as excluding TM backup disk from spotlight indexing (privacy tab in spotlight prefs), and excluding unecessary files and folder from the backup (e.g. applications) in TM prefs.

Yet another Shut Down Problem - No warning

Same problem as countless other users on here... 17 inch Mac Book Pro Shuts down with no warning at exactly 48% battery life with no ac charger plugged in. I'm not 100 percent sure of this but Im pretty confident it only started doing this after the last major software upgrade to 10.1.11. I havent yet migrated to Leopard due to reported software issues.
battery seriel number: No.6N6261VRU50A
But like many others have stated on this forum, Im doubtful this is a battery fault, more likely a software bug. Upto the software update my battery and computer were faultless and the battery always decharged properly and with warning before shutdown.

The same thing is happening to me. Again. Last year same thing happened and a new battery fixed it, but going bad again way before it should. Problem started with computer not waking from sleep, and now the sudden shutdowns. I did update Itunes fairly recently, around the start of the problem, otherwise use 10.4.11 and had not updated anything since the last time I had this problem (curious).
There are an overwhelming number of bad batteries for this machine, I would not conclude it is not the battery and I would turn in the one you just got and try another one.
Also there is another reset to try besides recalibrating, since that is not possible, (PMU?) that I cannot seem to find this time. It did not work the last time but wanted to try it anyway if anyone knows of it, I think it involves removing the battery. Please post it if you know what I am referring to.
I was lucky last time because when I took it in to Apple store it shut off right in front of them at 97% charged!

Yet another active directory problem

Hi,
I'm trying to bind a few Macs in my Windows 2003 Active Directory Domain, they're the first that comme with Lion 10.7.2 out of the box. I'va had my share of problems with AD binding of Macs, but I already have a lot of 10.6.8 Macs, and a few other that got upgraded from 10.6 to 10.7 without much problems and those work fine with my AD.
That, of course, couldn't last and I now have a new problemes with my 10.7.2 Macs. The binding process in itself seems to work fine, I've got the green light in front of my AD domain and I can log with my AD accounts on my Macs. The problem start when I try to access the directory utility to change the default settings for "active directory" (any settings will do, create mobile acount for example) : this creates another AD binding in "network account server", I can still login with my ad accounts but none of the settings I set in the directory utility are effective.
Both of those AD binding are shown with a green light, but the second one has a comment stating that it is not present in the auth scope rules. My AD DNS domain name is something like "domainname.com" (no .local), but the short netbios name is something like "dom" : the original AD binding on my 10.7.2 Macs is "dom", and the one created after I change some settings is "domainname". On my other Lion or SL Macs correctly joined to my domain, the domain only appears with the name "domainname" : it seems that for some reason Lion is now troubled by the fact that my netbios name is not the dns name minus the extension...
If I unbind one of my correctly working upgraded 10.7.2 Macs, it exhibits the same issue when I try to rebind it.
Does anyone else has a similar AD configuration, and does it work with 10.7.2 ? Does anyone has any idea of how to work around it ?
Thanks

Hi there,
I have experienced the same problem with Macs in my Windows environment. I have found a work-around for it, but it is a little bit tedious. What I have found is that if you reinstall Lion (10.7 or 10.7.1) and bind it to the domain before patching to 10.7.2 it will bind correctly with only one entry in the network account server dialog. From there you can updagte to 10.7.2 and it will work correctly. There is a catch, though. If for any reason you need to unbind the machine from the domain, you will run into the same problem when you try to bind it again. I know it is not much of a fix, but it is what I have been doing to get around the problem. I hope this helps you out.
Regards

[SOLVED kinda]Yet another Broadcom wireless problem - scanning

Use an old Gateway laptop with a wireless card to provide internet through NAT to my desktop computer that isn't nearby my switch. I was doing this for the longest time using WinXP on the Gateway, but since all my other computers are now running linux, I figured, hey, why not put a really sleek and sexy copy of Arch onto the Gateway, and free up some of that HD space for easier file sharing between the desktop and the rest of the network. So I installed Arch, and have run head first into how much Arch and Broadcom wireless devices do not play well together. Have spent all my time since then searching the forums, the wiki, etc, but to no avail. So going to just go ahead and finally make my own call for help via the forums here.
I've only ever ONCE seen a scan find a wireless network, and that was after my first reboot after installing arch. That was the only time. There are at all times 2-4 wireless networks in range of this computer. I'm currently on my netbook running Ubuntu to post this (typing everything in by hand, ugh), and can see 4 networks right now. The Arch laptop can't find any.
To start off with: I have read the wikis. I have searched the forums. I HAVE INSTALLED THE FIRMWARE. I've checked to make sure my card is supported, and the driver it uses is the b43, and is not supposed to be compatible with the wl driver. This is the cardbus Linksys WPC54G v1 card. I know the card itself works.
Here's the various data I'm sure will be requested of me at one point or another. This is all taken immediately after booting.
What can I try. I've probably already tried it, but I'm willing to walk through step by step with someone if they think they can help.
lspci -vnn
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
Subsystem: Linksys WPC54G v1 / WPC54GS v1 802.11g Wireless-G Notebook Adapter [1737:4320]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
Memory at 48000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge
Immediately after boot if I run
dmesg (related info)
[ 7.760803] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 7.769836] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
[ 7.760856] b43-pci-bridge 0000:03:00.0: settling latency timer to 64
[ 8.217173] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found (core revision 5)
[ 8.276959] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 8.278657] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 8.278721] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 8.278788] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 8.278831] Broadcom 43xx driver loaded [ Features: PMNLS ]
[ 43.860080] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 666.2 (2011-02-23 01:15:07)
[ 43.921388] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
uname -a
Linux oms-gateway 3.2.9-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 1 09:10:44 UTC 2012 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 1066MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Kernel version greater than 3.2 should be able to use the version 5.100.138 Broadcom drivers.
ifconfig wlan0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 metric 1
ether 00:0f:66:2e:b0:83 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 btes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
lsmod | grep b43
b43 317649 0
mac80211 203227 1 b43
cfg80211 147716 2 mac80211,b43
ssb 42035 1 b43
mmc_core 71470 2 ssb,b43
pcmcia 31502 2 ssb,b43
iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 No scan results
Last edited by oldmansutton (2012-03-11 01:53:50)

oldmansutton wrote:
Strike0 wrote:Whether rev 3 needs legacy or not is controversial. I assume you blacklisted b43 when trying legacy?
How about any need to blacklist when you need b43. Anything suspicious around in lsmod?
with b43, you can see me previous lsmod on the original post.
with b43legacy, the only related things I see from lsmod are b43legacy, mac80211, cfg80211, and ssb.
Wait. Hmmm....
rmmod b43
modprobe b43legacy
rmmod b43legacy
modprobe b43
lsmod |grep b43
Now bcma is showing up. But it didn't before. It just started showing up with b43 since I did the compat-wireless package. But seeing as I'm getting scans SOMETIMES now, I hesitate to call it a problem. Maybe?
Any other ideas?
It can scan ONCE. The b43 driver is obviously functional at least for a bit.
Standard network service, wicd, netcfg, etc, I've tried them all. Reinstalled from scratch twice. Looking for NEW ideas basically. I've read just about every single post about every broadcom chipset out there. I just happen to have one of these rare ones apparently.
Last edited by oldmansutton (2012-03-10 17:46:59)

Yet another 'black-photo' problem: many things tried

I have an event from march 2003 that I discovered has a 'black screen' problem. The event shows 8 thumbnail pictures; when I double-click 5 of the 8 I get a black screen, with 3 I see the picture. These 3 are rotated.
When I click the thumbnail with control down on a rotated picture and ask for 'show file', Finder finds a 1,6 MB .jpg file in the relevant event-folder in the 'modified' folder in the iPhoto Library. If I ask to 'show original file', Finder shows me my top folder (with Macintosh HD and Network). Similarly, 'show file' finds nothing for the non-rotated pictures.
When I search for the file name, neither Finder nor Spotlight finds the original file for the rotated pics, but do find the version in the 'modified' folder. Both find the files in 'originals' for the non-rotated pictures.
And I can direct Finder to the folder in 'originals' that contains the 8 original pictures. They are OK - Preview will open them, and when their folder is copied to the Desktop, iPhoto will import them and show them - dates are correct etc. (in that sense all is well, but of course the old thumbnails put in albums will still not point correctly).
I have rebuilt the library (hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Include the option to check and repair permissions) checking all options.
I have chucked the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/Library/ Caches,
and I have trashed the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder (dug it out again when it did not cure the problem). Nothing helped. I asked Disk Util to repair permissions.
Problem persists.
I don't know if other pics in my library have been similarly abandoned by iPhoto.
I am wondering whether there is some way of pointing iPhoto to the folder with the original pictures which will reestablish the connection? The iPhoto Library is gray when I try 'import' and cannot be opened; makes sense - but maybe there is some other way? It seems really silly - the photos are there, in the right place - iPhoto can see the folders right next to this - yet it doesn't 'see' it.
Any suggestions?
-bmw

I foresee that the fixed database will get corrupt again. Everything you tell me, and I see here, tells me it will happen again.
I have said no such thing. This db is corrupt. There is no reason why the next one will also get corrupt. None whatever. I have run iPhoto since v and never and any corruption at all.
The *best protection against a recurrence is a good back plan*
I tend to run out of space.
Well this might explain the origin of the corruption. OS X needs about 10 gigs of hard drive space for normal OS operations - things like virtual memory, temporary files and so on. Without this space your Mac will slow down as the OS hunts for space on the disk, files will be fragmented, also slowing things down, apps will crash and the risk of data corruption - that is damage to your files, photos, music - increases exponentially. Your first priority is to make more space on that HD. Nothing else can be done until you do. Purchase an external HD and move your Photos and Music to it. Both iPhoto and iTunes can run perfectly well with the Library on an external disk.
True, running a Referenced Library may not mean quite as much disk space as rebuilding a Managed one.
However. you need to think about this a but more before making your decision on that basis:
*Some things to consider:*
1. Importing and deleting pics are more complex procedures. You have to to put the files where they will be stored before importing them. When you delete them you'll need to remove the files from the HD yourself.
2. You cannot move or rename the files on your system or iPhoto will lose track of them on systems prior to 10.5 and iPhoto 08. Even with the later versions issues can still arise if you move the referenced files to new volumes or between volumes.
3. Most importantly, migrating to a new disk or computer can be much more complex.
4. Because iPhoto has no tools for managing Referenced Files, if, for some reason, the path to the photos changes then you could find yourself resolving aliases for +each photo in the Library+ one by one.
Regards
TD
My own opinion:
I've yet to see a good reason to run iPhoto in referenced mode unless you're using two photo organisers.
Regards
TD

Yet Another DR8-A Problem!! (Authoring)

I have had my DR8-A for over six months but have only used 25 discs in that time. Up until a month ago, any disc that I have burnt has worked in my PC DVD-ROM and my standalone DVD player.
Now however, although my DR8-A will burn and playback all formats from multisession to authored discs, my DVD-ROM and my standalone DVD player will only play back multisession discs but not authored discs now. I have tried previously burnt authored discs that I had created with my DR8-A on my DVD-ROM and standalone DVD player and they still play fine. I am not doing or using anything different now from when I originally authored my previously successful discs. I am still using the same pack of discs that I have been using throughout and they still work in my DR8-A when playing them back, but they refuse to play in anything else??
I have used DVD2SVCD, Nero, DVD Shrink, Tmpenc, DVD Maestro, authored them manually with CCE, and even checked the discs with DVDinfo and played back the VOBs prior to burning to see if they are fine, and they are. I have burnt at all different speeds and made sure that the bitrate was below the 9,800kbps needed for DVD playback, but still to no avail. I cannot see it being my system as I have reformatted after the problem first arose and it still doesn't work, and they, as I have mentioned previously, still work in the DR8-A, but not in anything else.
Can anybody shed any light on this for me please??
Thanq
diond

Cheers for taking the time to reply KF.
I should have mentioned my system but I've never really had any problems with a system before in all the ten years I've been messing with PCs so I'm not used to the etiquette.
Anyway, I had already flashed my MSI DR8-A up to the 150D firmware, but I suspect that that is what my problem may be as I had had no problmes prior to that,although the flash went fine and without a hitch. I wonder if it's safe to downflash to the original firmware it was shipped with (120)?
Oh, and I already have the latest Nero but thanks for the reminder on that score too.

790GX-G65 (...yet another one) LAN problem

Greetings to all!
System specs:
Mobo: 790GX-GD65
CPU: Phenom II 550 x2
RAM: Kingston 2x2GB 1333 DDR3 (value ram)
PSU: Seasonic S12 430W
OS: Win XP Pro SP3 and Kubuntu 9.04
From the very first day that I bought this system (2 months ago) I encountered problems with my LAN port. The mobo had BIOS version 1.1 which I upgraded to 1.3.
The LAN port is connected to a router Zyxell 660H-61. The IP is assigned by DHCP.
So let me describe the problem. When I am connected to the internet and browse, sometimes it suddenly disconnects and connects immediately in a sec. The "local area connection status" icon pops two messages saying "network disconnected" and "local area connection is now connected".
Sometimes it never reconnects. When I try the "repair" it stucks at the point when it tries to get the IP.
The LAN port seems to be dead. Restarting the PC does nothing to fix it. Restarting and entering Kubuntu 9.04 shows also the LAN port dead.
THE ONLY WAY to fix this problem is to turn the PC off, turn the button of the PSU off for some secs, then turn the PSU button on, turn the PC on and voila! LAN port is alive again!
I have encountered this problem for over 20 times and this was the only way to make it work.
I would like to know if there is a fix for this problem. Are MSI engineers aware of this problem? Will I have to RMA my mainboard? It seems to me that this is NOT a driver problem but a hardware one.

Thanks for your effort and help guys but...
@stu
The cable is properly "clicked" into the LAN port and I have double and triple-checked it.
@DeHillBilly
1. I don't quite understand the question. What do you mean "trying it without the router"?
2. I have the latest drivers but I don't think it is a matter of drivers since the same thing happens at Kubuntu 9.04 too. (see my first post)
3. I have tried a different cable but results where the same.
@connlaoi
SKU? You mean the model? It is a Seasonic S12-430. I really don't think that a quality PSU like that is not able to manage the load of my 790GX-G65 plus a Phenom II 550, a couple of low voltage (1,5V) DDR3s and an HDD Western Digital 640GB. (I don't have a graphics card!)
All these working at idle...
After all the PSU can give 384 Watts at 12V lines (14+15 Amperes) which would be enough to "feed" that rig plus a medium to high end card working at full throttle.
Let's just don't exaggerate when it comes to power supplies actually needed by most users.
One more hint which I don't know if it might be useful: When I first bought the 790GX-G65 and the PH II, I installed my old nvidia 7600GT. I connected my monitor to the 7600GT but I had NO signal. The card, seemed to be dead, but was NOT, no matter what I tried. One day I had ,for some reason I don't remmeber, to unplug the power cables from the wall (my PC was turned off of course in case anyone wonders :D).
When I turned it on, like a miracle, my gfx card was recognized, alive and working.
So the same "trick" that I do to revive my LAN port whenever it ""decides" to die, did work for the seemingly dead gfx card.
The "trick" actually is some sort of reseting the board as it totally cuts the electrical power from it. Would that mean that there is something faulty at the BIOS? Something faulty at the Realtek chip responsible for my ethernet connection?
I am confused...
EDIT: It seems that another person has almost the exact same problem with me! https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=129403.0 (Network problems with MSI 790FX-GD70)

Yet anothe test-owaconnectivity problem

Up till a month or so ago the SCOM OWA External Connectivity monitor was happy. However as of late it is always failing with the following error: The test received an unexpected response to an Outlook Web Access request.
URL: https://external.domain.com/owa/
My configuration is two CAS servers load balanced using MS NLB. The NLB cluster FQDN is mail.domain.pvt. The CAS servers are CAS1.domain.pvt and CAS2.domain.pvt. The OWA Internal and External URLs on the CAS servers are configured as mail.domain.pvt
and external.domain.com respectively. The external FQDN is an ISA 2006 server proxying the requests to OWA using FBA.
I cannot figure out why it is failing with this message. Every combination of test-OWConnectivity I use works fine whether or not I use my credentials for the CAS test user credentials. I have verified that I can log onto OWA externally using
the test CAS user.
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>Test-OwaConnectivity -clientaccessserver CAS1 -TestType external -TrustAnySSLCertificate
ClientAccessServer     MailboxServer         URL
   Scenario Result Latency Error
   (ms)
MW041-PRDEMLLDC   MBXSERVER    https://external.domain.com                     Logon   Success
484.38
[PS] C:\Windows\System32>Test-OwaConnectivity -clientaccessserver mw041-prdemlldc -TestType internal -TrustAnySSLCertificate
ClientAccessServer MailboxServer URL                  Scenario Result Latency Error
      (ms)
CAS1        MBSERVER    https://mail.domain.pvt    Logon    Success 453.13
These are run using my credentials but if I reset the CAS test user password and run them with the CAS user credentials I get successful results as well. I have recreated the test CAS user several times but always end up with this error.

According to your test, the test user has no problem to log in OWA, so I think it may due to configuration.
Could you please try to enable external OWA connectivity monitor follow this article.
Enabling
External Outlook Web Access Connectivity Monitoring
You could also go the following forum for more suggestion.
SCOM:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/systemcenteroperationsmanagerPlease remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Another Flash export problem

I placed chapter marks in my videos in Encore, then exported to Flash. During replay there is a pause/glitch at the chapter marks, accompanied with a brief display of teh playback controls. So, if you want to use the Flash feature, don't include chapter marks int eh video.
Something similar happens in slide shows and Flash. The playback controls pops up briefly each time a slide changes.
It there a way around this or do we have to wait for either an Encore or Flash update?

It looks like the pause at chapter marks is a known issue and does not seem to be considered to be a bug.
Link: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/EncoreDVD/4.0/WS130B1F01-AE62-4c59-BA44-F29ACD8522EEa.html
The article didn't mention anything about the playback controls popping up.

Yet Another Key Layout Problem with Xorg7

I've read the wiki and forums, yet I haven't managed to get @-sign nor |-sign working with my finnish keyboard. Both need the compose key. Any pointers to relevant info or suggestions how to remedy this are most welcomed!
Here's my xorg.conf if it's any help:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
# Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
# Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
# Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "MEI"
ModelName "MEI0c95"
HorizSync 30 - 70 # DDC-probed
VertRefresh 50 - 160 # DDC-probed
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection

I tried if regenerating the file with xorgconfig would help. It didn't. I'm still missing AltGr functionality even if I do have:
Option "XkbOptions" ctrl:ctrl_aa,altwin:meta_win,compose:ralt,eurosign:e"
Any Ideas?
# File generated by xorgconfig.
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# The X.Org Foundation BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of The X.Org Foundation shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from
# The X.Org Foundation.
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
EndSection
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
# Server flags section.
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
# Option "NoTrapSignals"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
# Option "DontZap"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# Option "Dont Zoom"
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.
# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.
# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"
# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.
# Option "DisableModInDev"
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).
# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"
EndSection
# Input devices
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fi"
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:ctrl_aa,altwin:meta_win,compose:ralt,eurosign:e"
EndSection
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" # IntelliMouse PS/2
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the xorg.conf man page for a description of the options.
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
# Monitor section
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 30-70
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection
# Graphics device section
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.
# Chipset "generic"
# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.
Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# Device configured by xorgconfig:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
#VideoRam 32768
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection
# Screen sections
# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# ServerLayout sections.
# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.
Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
Screen "Screen 1"
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection

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