I think VMware failed to install because it is an rpm package; it could be converted to a deb by using alien:

http://www.debianadmin.com/install-r...nd-ubuntu.html

As for the chroot, do NOT remove it without taking great caution; I have no experiences with removing chroots but at the bottom of this link, you will find someone who went for a lucky shot - and ended up shooting himself in the foot:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/356

And finally, would you install that 32 bit distro on your own computer? 32 bit simply cannot handle 4GB of RAM; it will run stable but it just won't recognize all of it.

Yeah, this is the only computer in the house. I built it with the intention of running 64-bit, but didn't realize the hassles involved in getting video to play in 64-bit. It ran 32-bit just fine, even if it couldn't use all the memory.

I thought I downloaded a non-specific VMWare, but I could be mistaken. It was late, I was tired.

The chroot is a non-issue at this point. It's not really hurting anything, and it doesn't take up that much space in a 10GB partition.

Solved my video problem by installing Ubuntu Ultimate on the primary drive over top the old (crashed) ubuntu 6.10. Now I just need to work on making it function properly and trimming the fat from it.

I know this is a bit of a late reply, and hope SouthernGorilla has resolved the problem, but the solution carl0ski has suggested worked for me. I had the same problem as SouthernGorilla has (had). I use Fedora Core 3 with FireFox. My internet provider is a cable company, and I often visit their web site for the latest news. However, I have been having problem playing video on their website. Flash never worked for me with FireFox.

Yesterday, I decided to fix this problem even though Flash video wasn't so important to me, and came across with this thread. I tried carl0ski's solution since it seemed the easiest, and the problem was fixed. I do not know exactly what has been fixed, but my guess is that the fix has something to do with hidden (invisible) folder in my home directory called /home/<myusername>/.mozilla.

Originally when I installed Fedora Core on my machine, I installed FireFox 1.0.3, then I decided to install Japanese version of FireFox 2.0. While installing Japanese version, I think I installed it as my username instead of root. Then, when I installed Flash v. 9 later, I installed it as root. So, when I use Japanese FireFox, Flash 9 won't get recognized. I created a symbolic link under /usr/lib/firefox/plugins for Flash 9, but it never worked.

Yesterday, when I tried carl0ski's solution by installing FireFox under /home/<myusername> and installed Flash 9, my machine was able to play flash video. I have to point out that my Japanese version of FireFox has been installed under /usr/lib/firefox and Flash was also installed under /usr/lib/flash, but I didn't uninstall these when I tried carl0ski's solution yesterday. By logging in as my user name (instead of root), I simply installed FireFox under /home/<myusername> and installed Flash under /home/<myusername>/firefox, then I launched /home/<myusername>/firefox/firefox to confirm the Flash video can be played, then I simply deleted /home/<myusername>/firefox. Surprisingly, when I launched Japanese version of FireFox installed under /usr/lib/firefox, Flash was also working.

One thing I noticed was that during the Flash installation, installer was installing something to /home/<myusername>/.mozilla and warning me that I was not installing Flash as root. I simply ignored the warning and completed the installation, and Flash is now working. I am not a Linux expert, but I am a happy man now since Flash is working.

Glad to hear that hishii but it's working only because you are using Fedora. If you were to try Debian or anything that is based on it, you would be less successful. Yes, it is possible but it would be messy and there are better ways.