First, add a repository that contains Sun’s JRE. You may go to the Synaptic Package Manager and select “Settings->Repositories->Other software->Add” and paste the following: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner, or type the following command into your console window:  sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner”.

Second, you should now be able to install sun-java6-jre, sun-java6-fonts and sun-java6-plugin through either Synaptic or sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts.

Third, make sure that you remove the openjdk. In Synaptic remove openjdk-6-jre-lib and openjdk-6-jre.

Finally, set the sun-java6-jre to be your active jre by typing the following in your console: sudo update-alternatives –config java. Then select the right jre (/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/bin/java). It should most likely be “0″.

This does not work right out of the box with Ubuntu. Thanks to Anders S. Lund I found the solution, which was to install an alpha version of Moonlight:

1. Remove the Firefox-VLC plugin: “sudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-vlc”
2. Remove previous versions of Moonlght: In Firefox goto Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions
3. Download the most recent version of Moonlight: http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/prerelease.aspx
4. In case of sluggish performance, turn of all effects by closing the browser and using the following command: “MOONLIGHT_OVERRIDES=effects=no firefox“

See the following link for more information/troubleshooting.

MOONLIGHT_OVERRIDES=effects=no firefox

If you have problems setting up a SVN connection using Subclipse, I might have the solution, or if you want to know more about how to set up Eclipse as a LaTeX environment, check out one of my previous posts.

I hope this is a step towards native support for playback of Blu-ray movies on Linux. Actually, in my eyes I think we are better off without physical distribution of movies. I would love to see native support for Blu-rays, but even better would be digital high-quality services with a large library.

Mediaplayer/Totem preferences

The fix was relatively simple. It seems as because of some old bug, the Hue in Movie Player/Totem should have been turned off (either to max or min). Now, it seems someone have fixed this bug and the Hue should rather be set to the middle position as illustrated above. Open Movie Player (Applications -> Sound & Video -> Movie Player). Open the display preferences like in the figure (Edit -> Preferences -> Display) and put the slider in the middle position. This did the trick (at least for me).

Error message:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
sun-java6-plugin: Depends: sun-java6-bin (= 6-15-1) but 6-16-0ubuntu1.9.04 is to be installed
E: Broken packages


To fix it, I removed the java implementation through the following commands (thanks to FrostCake):
sudo apt-get remove sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-bin sun-java6-fonts
sudo apt-get autoremove

Then I reinstalled the sun-java6-plugin through the Synaptic Manager. This will also install all packages which the Java plugin depends on.

I have for some time had problems with flash videos in Firefox on my AMD64 Ubuntu machine. I normally use the computer for work so it has not really been that much of a problem. However, I hate not being able to use Ubuntu the way you would expect it to work … A Google search later, I found these simple instructions. Just follow the instructions and you will have flash videos working in no time. If you want to test your flash player on your AMD64 Ubuntu machine, you may check of EpicBattleAxe video above.

By the way, the new Ubuntu 9.10 looks and feels quite good

Fixing it was rather easy. Have a look at the solution provided by M.Srinivasaverman (thanks man!).

I am an engineer, I am partly writing about software reuse, and I think it is rather practical to be able to benefit from the good work of others. Therefore, I decided to have a look at some of the WordPress themes. I liked the one you see now (pyrmont-v2) and decided to try it out, at least for some time. It was perhaps not a very original choice but it was among the first ones I found and I did not want to spend hours looking… Hope you like it too!

I just have to say I am really happy with how easy it is to search for and install a new theme. Good work WordPress guys and girls!

Luckily, by disabling IPv6 it was quite easy to speed it up. The steps below should do the trick (thanks to tribaal at the ubuntuforums):

• open firefox
• In the adress bar type in “about:config”
• In the filter bar type in “ipv6″
• Double click “network.dns.disableIPv6″ so that the value turns to TRUE
• Restart firefox

This helped my browsing quite a lot and you might give it a shot if you experience slow browsing in Firefox.

Edit: Adding the Flashblock add on my further speed up loading of pages with a lot of flash. Be aware that this add on blocks flash videos and if you want to see them you have to click on them.