Problems with Ubuntu 10.04 and flash

[ph0bYx]

Hey guys!

Some time ago I ordered a free live Ubuntu 10.04 CD and installed it. Now the problem is that I can't use it with normal effects, it's all very very slow. I have to use the 'no effects' state.
I did my research on the net of course, but non of those worked, like updating drivers (System > Hardware Drivers list is empty), also did some adjustment on some configuration files which I don't remember which or what I did, but a lot of people on the Ubuntu forums said that it worked for them. Probably for the best to ask there instead, but it didn't want to leave out the possibility that some of you maybe have an answer to this

Also I'm having a hard time with some flash and some videos on the net, they're just slow as hell. When I watch a video on YouTube all works normal, and when I watch a video from YouTube that's embedded into a site it starts to freeze here and there. Same thing with flash, some flashy sites work just fine while others are slow as hell again.

Here's my configuration:
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4300 @ 1.80GHz
MemTotal: 2060432 kB (Kingstone IIRC)
Here's the 'lspci' output:

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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Sapphire X550 Silent]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 secondary [Sapphire X550 Silent]
03:00.0 SATA controller: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
03:00.1 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB362/JMB363 Serial ATA Controller (rev 02)
04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)
05:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8110SC/8169SC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

Linux version:
Linux version 2.6.32-24-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #43-Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 14:17:33 UTC 2010

Tell me if you need anything else

[leetnigga]

Flash is a fucking nightmare on any system.

Your main problem is probably that you don't have the drivers for your specific hardware, and you're using some kind of generic one that works on anything but is slow (doesn't take advantage of your hardware).

I see you have an ATI graphics card. You should post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.*.log so we can see which display driver is being loaded by X11.

I'm guessing we'll see that some generic driver is being loaded. Then you'll have to download some ATI driver, enable it in your xorg.conf and things should be better.

[ph0bYx]

There is no such file in /etc/X11 only these:

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app-defaults             fonts    xinit   Xreset.d    Xsession.d
cursors                  rgb.txt  xkb     Xresources  Xsession.options
default-display-manager  X        Xreset  Xsession    Xwrapper.config

And in /var/log there are Xorg.0/1.log.

The output of Xorg.0.log:
http://code.suck-o.com/42331" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The output of Xorg.1.log:
http://code.suck-o.com/42332" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[leetnigga]

Ah, Ubuntu. What a nightmare.

Anyway, that log shows it's loading the open source "radeon" driver. The proprietary "fglrx" driver by ATI itself can be installed like this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ph0bYx]

I have had some errors while installing that driver and now when I try to change to normal effects I get a 'Desktop effects could not be enabled'. But ok, I'll deal with that when I have some more time.

This updated did fix my flash problem at least
Thanks!

[leetnigga]

Glad to help