Issues ****** Channel 4 4OD ============= Program stopping after adverts: :: sudo apt-get install hal Dual Boot - Linux and Windows ============================= From `Fix Incorrect Clock Settings in Windows When Dual-Booting with OS X or Linux`_ Run ``regedit.exe``, navigate to:: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation Right click anywhere in the right pane and hit *New*, ``DWORD (32-bit) Value``. Name it ``RealTimeIsUniversal``, then double click on it and give it a value of ``1``. Flash ===== Wasn't working in Firefox: :: sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-nonfree sudo apt-get remove --purge flashplugin-installer sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree Re-start Firefox. Language ======== Soon after installing Gnome, my language switch to Chinese (or Japanese or something I couldn't read): Edit ``~/.pam_environment`` file and chang these two variables: :: LANGUAGE="en_GB:en" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" Packages - you have held broken packages ======================================== Trying to install Java plugin using the normal Ubuntu update process: :: E:Unable to install you have held broken packages. To solve the problem, I followed these instructions: `Ubuntu yelp package Questions Question #100167`_ :: sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get --fix-missing install sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get clean sudo apt-get autoremove .. _`Fix Incorrect Clock Settings in Windows When Dual-Booting with OS X or Linux`: http://lifehacker.com/5742148/fix-windows-clock-issues-when-dual-booting-with-os-x .. _`Ubuntu yelp package Questions Question #100167`: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+question/100167