I followed the instructions to the letter, and i can now get to the netflix site, but when I try to play a show I get a 1001 error. This tells me that silverlight isn't functioning properly. I have uninstalled and re installed wine and I am not seeing any change........any thoughts?
RESOLVED: i deleted wine and netflix-desktop, did an autoremove, and updated again. I added the repository again and reinstalled the netflix-desktop and presto, netflix is now running my little Ubuntu 12.10 box again.
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In my case, silverlight doesn't like it when I have more than one screen active. If I shut down my other screens, the thing runs fine.
You should know that I'm running this under ArchLinux and my multi-screen setup uses xinerama. But if you have more than 1 screen, that might be it.
You should know that I'm running this under ArchLinux and my multi-screen setup uses xinerama. But if you have more than 1 screen, that might be it.
I decided to stay with 11.10 because I'm stuck with my Dell 1525 still and I think that the upgrade will slow down my laptop.
So, I've tried to install netflix following these steps but I receive this error "unable to locate the package netflix-desktop" (the message is in spanish, so this is my translation of it).
Is there a way to install it in 11.10?
Thanks
So, I've tried to install netflix following these steps but I receive this error "unable to locate the package netflix-desktop" (the message is in spanish, so this is my translation of it).
Is there a way to install it in 11.10?
Thanks
For some reason the Netflix application does not work. I did what you said, then after I installed the .NET and HTML wine, it closed. When I tried to open it, nothing happened. I am running Ubuntu Server on my desktop computer, with the version 12.04. Any ideas?
Followed the instructions and everything installed fine. Though I noticed that a i386 version of wine is installed and my Mint 14 kernel i 64 bit.
I was able to log on bring up the netflix site (Danish subscription) and login and was able to browse all the available movies. Happy so far
So I was very disapointed when I clicked a movie and my screen went black. The movie did not play
I was able to log on bring up the netflix site (Danish subscription) and login and was able to browse all the available movies. Happy so far
So I was very disapointed when I clicked a movie and my screen went black. The movie did not play
I'm sad to say the exact same thing happened to me on Ubuntu 12.04 - 64 bit. Real bummer.
..does not install X-windows or a GUI (Unity, Gnome)... Unless you've added these to Server, it won't do anything.
But if you *have* added a GUI to Server, why don't you just install the Desktop edition? (Jack's procedure assumes that this is the case.)
But if you *have* added a GUI to Server, why don't you just install the Desktop edition? (Jack's procedure assumes that this is the case.)
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and untenops said he's runing Kubuntu 12.04 and he had no problem. So this installation should work on my computer. Right?
I followed Jack's instructions carefully. After completing the preliminary steps, I typed "netflix" in the Unity Dash, then clicked on "install" for the "Wine Mono Installer". Finally I clicked on "install" for the "Wine Gecko Installer". I got an error that said, "Firefox: Couldn't load XPCOM". So I just clicked on the "Ok" button because Jack said to ignore any errors, that he did and "everything worked fine". Wrong! Nothing happened after I clicked the "Ok" button except the error went away. The Netflix application did not run at all. No new Firefox icon appeared on my desktop.
If I try to run Netflix in the Dash all I get is the same error.
So what gives? What is XPCOM? And what am I missing? And if I can't get this thing to work, how do I remove all the now-useless stuff in my computer?
I followed Jack's instructions carefully. After completing the preliminary steps, I typed "netflix" in the Unity Dash, then clicked on "install" for the "Wine Mono Installer". Finally I clicked on "install" for the "Wine Gecko Installer". I got an error that said, "Firefox: Couldn't load XPCOM". So I just clicked on the "Ok" button because Jack said to ignore any errors, that he did and "everything worked fine". Wrong! Nothing happened after I clicked the "Ok" button except the error went away. The Netflix application did not run at all. No new Firefox icon appeared on my desktop.
If I try to run Netflix in the Dash all I get is the same error.
So what gives? What is XPCOM? And what am I missing? And if I can't get this thing to work, how do I remove all the now-useless stuff in my computer?
sudo apt-get remove netflix-desktop
will remove the netxflix package for you. You can also either remove Wine afterward, or simply enter
rm ~/.wine
to (permanently) delete your Wine 'environment', which contains the Mono & Gecko installation you also performed. Of course, it will also delete anything else you've previously installed in Wine...
But this all begs the question: Has anyone tried/succeeded in installing this using Crossover? Crossover provides two potential advantages here:
1.) You can install in a separate "Wine Bottle" environment, independent of any other Wine app installations you may have -- no interaction, clobbering, or removal issues with other software you've spent time getting to run.
2.) Crossover has much better support to get things like Mono & Gecko properly installed & configured (with such assistance as automatic selection & installation of DLLs that are required -- whether you know you need them or not).
Has anyone done this?
will remove the netxflix package for you. You can also either remove Wine afterward, or simply enter
rm ~/.wine
to (permanently) delete your Wine 'environment', which contains the Mono & Gecko installation you also performed. Of course, it will also delete anything else you've previously installed in Wine...
But this all begs the question: Has anyone tried/succeeded in installing this using Crossover? Crossover provides two potential advantages here:
1.) You can install in a separate "Wine Bottle" environment, independent of any other Wine app installations you may have -- no interaction, clobbering, or removal issues with other software you've spent time getting to run.
2.) Crossover has much better support to get things like Mono & Gecko properly installed & configured (with such assistance as automatic selection & installation of DLLs that are required -- whether you know you need them or not).
Has anyone done this?
I searched my .wine & .netflix-desktop directories for any instances of xpcom. I couldn't find it. So I tried sudo apt-get remove netflix-desktop. It went through the motions but I still have the .netflix-desktop folder with a bunch of stuff inside. It didn't go through a Mono uninstall or Gecko uninstall.
I tried reinstalling but that didn't get me anywhere.
So I went to my Windows computer and looked for xpcom. I found xpcom.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox. I also found xpcom.js in ...\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\r4rsk718.default\extensions\OneClickDownload@OneClickDownload.com\resources\api-utils\lib
I copied them to a flash drive, went to the .netflix-desktop folder and put xpcom.dll in the "Mozilla Firefox" app folder. There is no AppData folder in the user folder in .netflix-desktop but "Application Data" is there with nothing in it.
So if you could tell me where you find xpcom.??? in your installation, I could try pasting the xpcom files in there.
I tried reinstalling but that didn't get me anywhere.
So I went to my Windows computer and looked for xpcom. I found xpcom.dll in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox. I also found xpcom.js in ...\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\r4rsk718.default\extensions\OneClickDownload@OneClickDownload.com\resources\api-utils\lib
I copied them to a flash drive, went to the .netflix-desktop folder and put xpcom.dll in the "Mozilla Firefox" app folder. There is no AppData folder in the user folder in .netflix-desktop but "Application Data" is there with nothing in it.
So if you could tell me where you find xpcom.??? in your installation, I could try pasting the xpcom files in there.
I have had the netflix-desktop working for a few week, however today I began having the error n8156-6013 and it says it's a DRM issue. Any Ideas?
Not working for me. I started download everything was going fine asked to download mono, then it stopped installing with out any notice or any prompt after like (finish install) I have the icon, if I click it nothing happens if go from filesystem /usr/share/application : click on netflix it will show up in the launcher but then disappears.
I have tried
rm -Rf ~/.netflix-desktop
then the reinstall
Also
sudo apt-get --purge remove netflix-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove
brings out files from the install
then sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
then reinstall
Not sure what it is missing or I am missing.
Running Ubuntu 12.04
AMD Phenomll X6
16 Gig of ddr3 1333 crucial memory
2TB Seagate 6gbps satalll with tons of room
So it asked to install (wine gecko) and I did the it asked to install (mono) I did then it stopped and know I'm lost.
I have tried
rm -Rf ~/.netflix-desktop
then the reinstall
Also
sudo apt-get --purge remove netflix-desktop
sudo apt-get autoremove
brings out files from the install
then sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
then reinstall
Not sure what it is missing or I am missing.
Running Ubuntu 12.04
AMD Phenomll X6
16 Gig of ddr3 1333 crucial memory
2TB Seagate 6gbps satalll with tons of room
So it asked to install (wine gecko) and I did the it asked to install (mono) I did then it stopped and know I'm lost.
Thanks Tech Republic for this publication Thanks to Erich Hoover. Wine, Firefox and Silverlight. I'm new to Ubuntu but I could make it to happen since the very first try out...Netflix is working great!
Gracias Tech Republic. Gracias a Erich Hoover, Wine, Firefox y Silverlight. Aunque soy novato en Ubuntu, logre la instalacion desde mi primer intento. Netflix esta trabajando formidable!
Gracias Tech Republic. Gracias a Erich Hoover, Wine, Firefox y Silverlight. Aunque soy novato en Ubuntu, logre la instalacion desde mi primer intento. Netflix esta trabajando formidable!
Got as far as "Issue the command sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop". Teminal displayed an EULA for (apparently) installing some fonts. At the end there's " ", but no response when I hit Enter, click on , &c. Rebooted, repeated, same situation.
I am super noob in Linux/Ubuntu so please talk slow and use small words if you have any advice. Thank you in advance.
I am super noob in Linux/Ubuntu so please talk slow and use small words if you have any advice. Thank you in advance.
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