Adobe Flash Won't Work In OpenSuse 11.1

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#1

Howdy again! I am having difficulty downloading Adobe Flash in my computer. I use the KDE 3.5 version of OpenSuse 11.1.

When I go to a website like MSNBC, youtube or even redtube (rotfl!) the system notices that I do not have flash so it offers to help me download it in YaST2.

At the start I will get the usual, *" If you continue, the following changes will be made to your system:
Repositories to be added:
Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss (Main Repository (NON-OSS))
Note:

You will remain subscribed to these repositories after installation.
Software to be installed:
flash-player"*

I will get part way into the download and the system gives me this message, *“Cannot access installation media (medium 1). Check whether the server is available.” *

And then after hitting the “skip” button a few times with the mouse cursor I will get the message, *"There was an error in the repository initialization.
‘repo-update’: |] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
History:

… that is if I try to download the .rpm version of Adobe Flash.

If I try to download the .tar.gz… same **** thing. Grrr… :mad:

#2

…In fact…I get very similiar (if not the same) messages on practically EVERYTHING I try to impliment. To say that I am frustrated would be an understatement.

I hope that my suspicion that this is just a minor problem gone hay-wire or a single major problem and that once either scenario is fixed then I can go about my little-own-open-sourcing business with Opensuse 11.1.

One would hope…:sarcastic:

#3

That’s not flash that isn’t working, it’s the repository manager. You might check what repositories you have enabled. Also, check if any ports are being blocked or if your network is working. I would suggest removing all repositories except the basic and working from there.

#4

You probably still have the dvd source enabled in the repo’s. Disable it or put the dvd in the drive.

Most of us disable it - especially if you have high speed internet. Then packages are always downloaded.

Because there is no update to Flash since 11.1 release - if you still have the dvd enabled it will try to install from there to save your bandwidth - so you would need the dvd in the drive.

All very logical really.

#5

That is interesting that you would say that about repositories. Last night I performed a repair and was told that there was **NO VALID Root Partition Found ??
**
“Could not detect any valid root parition in your system. Probably there is no valid Linux system on this computer. If you are sure that you installed a Linux system, try to restart scanning.”

A.) how do I perform this disable that you suggest?

and…

B.) How can I have no valid Linux system in my computer if that is indeed how I am conversing with you today?

If the problem wasn’t such a pain it would be down-right interesting actually… :sarcastic:

#6

I do have the DVD in the DVD drive (most of the time). Should I have it in the CD-Drive instead?

#7

Open a terminal
go su and do

fdisk -l

also give us

zypper lr

#8

I did that, here’s what I got:

"kevin@linux-b8pd:~> su
Password:
linux-b8pd:/home/kevin # fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4fa9eb4f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 9 72261 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 263 2873 20972857+ 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda3 2874 9729 55070820 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda4 10 262 2032222+ 8e Linux LVM

Partition table entries are not in disk order

Disk /dev/dm-0: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn’t contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-1: 21.4 GB, 21474836480 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2610 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn’t contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-2: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 261 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-2 doesn’t contain a valid partition table"

As well as:

"linux-b8pd:/home/kevin # zypper lr

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh

—±------------------------------±------------------------------±--------±-------
1 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | Yes
2 | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on_11.1-0 | openSUSE-NonOSS-Add-on 11.1-0 | Yes | Yes
3 | openSUSE_11.1-0 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
4 | openSUSE_11.1-0_1 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
5 | openSUSE_11.1-0_10 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
6 | openSUSE_11.1-0_2 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
7 | openSUSE_11.1-0_3 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
8 | openSUSE_11.1-0_4 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
9 | openSUSE_11.1-0_5 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
10 | openSUSE_11.1-0_6 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
11 | openSUSE_11.1-0_7 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
12 | openSUSE_11.1-0_8 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
13 | openSUSE_11.1-0_9 | openSUSE 11.1-0 | Yes | No
14 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.1-Debug | Yes | Yes
15 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
16 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.1-Oss | Yes | Yes
17 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.1-Source | Yes | Yes
18 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.1-Update | Yes | Yes
linux-b8pd:/home/kevin # "

So what did I just do?