[ale] Ubuntu 9.04 & Flash at pandora.com, facebook

[reggie at busicast.com]

Short:  Help requested re: new Ubuntu 9.04 install, trying to play 
pandora.com audio, facebook.com videos (both, I believe, flash); 
neither will play.

Longer:  Installed Ubuntu 9.04 on an AMD64 box over the weekend. 
Install was flawless, required exactly zero technical info re: 
 components, etc from me. Entered the password for my wireless set up 
and was off to the races.

As this box is intended to wean my teen away from MS-based system, it 
is essential that Facebook, Pandora and YouTube work. However, trying 
to play a video on facebook returns:  "Video Unavailable. This video 
has been either been removed from" and that's it.  Going to 
http://www.pandora.com brings up the splash screen with a progress 
indicator that says, "We're sorry, but unless you agree to share 
registration information with %s, you will be unable to listen to %s." 
and there it freezes. YouTube seems to work just fine.

Have tried with both Firefox & Opera, have uninstalled & reinstalled 
Flash.

Anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks in advance!