I was unsure what was meant by trying to set up without KDE in the way? I presumed that I could only run the chrome browser within a D.E. in order to test the problem of flashplayer running a video with sound output? It was not clear to me how to do that unless I had a different D.E. running (i.e. not KDE) or window manager within which to test it? Presumably I can't test from a text console, or can I? - apart from the command which works from a Konsole terminal within KDE as I originally posted:
Mike, I cannot think what would stop you from running a browser without any DE or WM. Just edit your ~/.xinitrc. Just add firefox to it. then startx It will run fullscreen with no title bar and the usual window frame. man xinit if you want to know a little bit the role of .xinitrc file in relation with the X server execution scope. ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium.