Questions about the 32-bit architecture also known as x86 , the common processor for netbooks and old computers.
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Is it true that there will not be 32-bit Ubuntu Server 12.10 ?
Is it true that there will not be 32-bit versions of Ubuntu Server anymore? If so, that's really unfortunate.
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Going from a dual boot (win7 64bit/ubuntu 12.04 32 bit) to win7/ubuntu64 using wubi
I am unable to install over the top of my 32bit ubuntu 12.04 successfully. I start out with win7 64bit and ubuntu 12.04 32 bit installed and working/booting without a problem . I decided to go to ...
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Wrong architecture 'i386'
I have 64-bit Ubuntu (this is weird, because I can't install 64-bit Windows). I wanted to install Skype, but Ubuntu Software Center returns an error Wrong Architecture 'i386'. I tried to install other ...
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Trouble installing Ubuntu 12.04
I am a first time user on "Ask Ubuntu" as I have never had a problem with using Ubuntu until now, so please forgive me if I do not use this service/forum correctly.
I recently got a Toshiba c850 ...
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Can I install a 32-bit Java in addition to a 64-bit version?
For normal development I'm using the 64-bit VM which comes when I install the Java development kit (OpenJDK) with the package manager.
But there are some Java applications (containing native ...
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Installed wrong OS need to install 32 bit
Like the title states I installed the 64 bit which was the wrong one to install. How do I go back and install the 32-bit version instead?
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What is the technical reason preventing a simple upgrade (non-destructive) from 32 to 64-bit?
I was under the impression that upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit required a new kernel. This would mean replacing the kernel is all that would be needed. Perhaps drivers and libraries need to be ...
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ubuntu-12.10-desktop “amd64” and “i386” .iso [duplicate]
Now when i tried to download Ubuntu for win7 installer, it gave me an iso with "amd64" in it, assuming that it's based on the processor, so i decided to check for any other downloads and found "i386", ...
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How to know if my Ubuntu machine is running 32 or 64 bit OS [duplicate]
What command should I run to identify if I am running a 32 or a 64 bit OS
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configure: error: Libhuti wasn't found
I am trying to compile Elmer on my but I am receiving this very error & cant find the required to package to remedy it.
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Can I install `libssl-dev:i386` on x86_64 system without losing important packages?
On my x86_64 12.10 system, when I try to
apt-get install libssl-dev:i386
apt wants to remove a bunch of things:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
build-essential dkms g++ g++-multilib gcc ...
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Wubi (32 bit ISO) freezes on “almost finished copying files” [duplicate]
Basically what it says on the tin. After accidentally installing the 64 bit version, I uninstalled it and tried to install the 32 bit version, but the installation freezes. I've seen some answers ...
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What version of Ubuntu can I run on my old PC? [duplicate]
I have an old PC
Specs:
CPU:733 MHZ
RAM:128 MB
VGA :32 MB
I tried to run Ubuntu 8.0 on it, but when the PC tries to log in to the Ubuntu it stops and doesn't do anything.
I think that the RAM ...
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How do I overcome the chm2pdf error in the description?
The error is:
ERR011: Unable to parse HTML element on line 13!
PAGES: 2854
BYTES: 9759142
Something wrong happened when launching htmldoc.
exit value: 256
Check if output exists or if it is good.
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how to install ubuntu 32bit with wubi
I want to install ubuntu 12.04 32bit with wubi, I tried to create shortcut from wubi.exe
and change target to "32bit" but it didn't work and remained downloading 64bit
can any one help me ?
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How to fix “Failed to download repository information” error while updating?
How can I fix this? I can't update anything at all.
I've tried to switch to my best server in the options.
When I do sudo apt-get update, this is what I get:
W: Failed to fetch
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How can I install both 32 and 64 bit versions of the same -dev package?
I'm trying to install libsqlite3-dev for both i386 and amd64 on the same Ubuntu 12.04 machine. I'm developing an application that uses sqlite3, and want to compile and test both the 32-bit and 64-bit ...
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Compile AMD athlon-xp 32 bit kernel in intel 64 bit machine
Can someone tell me how to compile linux 3.7 kernel for amd athlon-xp in a 64 bit intel environment through chroot? I tried setting up a chroot environment but compilation gives me error. Thanks to ...
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Assign more than 1 CPU/core to a process
I lost the password to open a PDF file I need to access, so I installed pdfcrack with the hope to recover my password. Actually it's one month that pdfcrack is running but I still am waiting for the ...
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Temporary grey screen after login into unity 2D [closed]
I have recently installed UBUNTU 12.04 32 bit ...
I have installed additional drivers in which I have chosen [Recommended] ..
I updated my nvidia drivers by xswat PPA to the latest 302.17
I have ...
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Is it possible to cross-compile .deb files using debhelper? How?
I have a package (Dymo CUPS drivers in this instance) that I need to compile to a .deb file to include in a private network's repositories. The source itself is sufficiently architecture independent ...
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How do I overcome the error in the description which I received from calling FreeMat from the command line?
The error is:
FreeMat: error while loading shared libraries: libpcre.so.0: cannot open shared object
file: No such file or directory
I am running 32 bit 12.10.
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How do I call FreeMat that was installed via Alien?
How do I call FreeMat that was installed via Alien? I'm running 12.10 32 bit. I have tried freemat, freemat4.1.1 and freemat4 and none have worked.
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Only 2.63 GB of 4GB ram UBUNTU 11.10 32 bit [duplicate]
I have 4GB RAM in my system's Intel Core i3 processor. In Ubuntu 32 bit it is showing usable memory as only 2.63GB.I have tried sudo lshw -C memory and memory size is showing 4 GB. What is the ...
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Aura Window Manager on Ubuntu 32-BIT?
I was found an article how to run Chrome OS on Ubuntu 64-bit. My question is Is there a 32-bit version of Chrome OS for Ubuntu?
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How to install 32 Bit Wine on 64 Bit Ubuntu?
currently I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 64 Bit on my laptop and I want to install some windows programs with wine (Dreamweaver CS5/Starcraft II etc) but these programs require the 32Bit version of wine to ...
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Is it Possible to create a desktop shortcut for the Sage Notebook?
Sage is a python-based mathematics software that integrates a wide range of mathematics software into a single python interface.
Calling sage from the terminal (which is how you call it) creates a ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 64bit no /usr/lib32/?
I am currently trying to setup wine properly in Ubuntu 12.10. The error that I am trying to fix is:
p11-kit: couldn't load module: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/pkcs11/gnome-keyring-pkcs11.so: ...
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Problem in pbuilder-dist raring create
When I run the command
pbuilder-dist raring create
In 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 it gives this output: http://pastebin.com/QNqpjV6F and the error at the end of the file.
I am able to install all ...
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1answer
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Graphic driver problem with Ubuntu 12.10
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 by upgrading from 11.10 32-bit and I am unable to display anything within any windows open when I load Ubuntu.
My computer has the following video card:
G86 [GeForce 8300 GS]
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Dell Inspiron 5420 driver for ubuntu 32bit
I need Dell Inspiron 5420 driver for ubuntu 32bit OS. LAN, Wireless network, Graphics does not work. How can get it? I ask a question in dell support but they didn't right answer to me.
after ...
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Open VM Tools producing warnings in syslog every 30 seconds / how do I suppress these warnings?
I would like to adjust my question slightly as I just updated one of my servers from 12.04 to 12.04.1 and am now seeing the same warnings on the upgraded server as well, so I am suspecting there is ...
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Change Bootloader title to include bit
Secondlife runs on 32 bit linux. I've tried WINE, Crossover, and installing the 32 bit libraries. Nothing has worked so now I'm having to install a 32 bit copy of Ubuntu as a second partition just to ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 (x86) manual Nvidia driver installation [closed]
Can someone help me to install Nvidia proprietary driver 310.32 on Ubuntu 12.10 (x86).
I get clean install with all quantal-security and quantal-updates. Kernel is 3.5.0-22.
Have Intel HD 3000 and GT ...
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How to run x86-32 (IA-32) applications on Kubuntu x86-64 (AMD64)?
There are some applications that are only for i386 version but I have amd64 version.
Can I run them on my system?
I am using Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64-bit version.
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Why am I getting 'file not found' when trying to run CEWE Fotobuch / Kruidvat fotoservice on my 64 bit system?
When I install the CEWE Fotobuch (rebranded as "Kruidvat fotoservice" in the Netherlands) software on my 64 bit system, the application does not start. Instead, I'm getting a 'file not found' error. ...
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How do I upgrade from x86 to x64 without losing settings?
Is there an easy way to upgrade the system to x64 from x86 without losing settings and having to repartition etc?
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Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit or 64 bit
I have used Ubuntu for over 2 years now, with 64 bit version always. I have been using 12.04 64 bit ever since it was released. I usually use Ubuntu for development and programming and little bit of ...
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Windows 7 Blue Screen then restart after loading from GRUB
I have Ubuntu dual booting Windows 7 and after repairing GRUB and a few Windows Updates, now Windows 7 just goes to blue screen upon loading from GRUB then restarts. Is there any way to fix this?
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Skype doesn't work through Empathy 3.4 but works in Pidgin
I'm trying to connect to Skype throught Empathy 3.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 i386 (last update installed)
I installed the pidgin-skype plugin, but there is no bigbrownchunx-skype-dbus protocol in list.
It ...
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Wrong architecture “i386” installing 32-bit deb in 32-bit system
I have
HP Presario (C2D, 500GB,3-GB, 32-bit system)
running Ubuntu 12.10 using KDE deskto along with windows 7
.
I don't know what exactly the problem is. I have installed many softwares but ...
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Problem installing mysql, error in post-installation script
Having problems loading/installing mysql
Here is the output while installing:
mysql-server-5.1
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/6,258 kB of archives.
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I installed 64 bit Ubuntu with wubi but I need to reinstall 32 bit version instead.
I don't need to save data or anything but I'm aware that, because I used Wubi, it has partitioned the hard drive in ways that I don't understand and I don't think I can keep making more and more ...
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Why can't I install Windows 8 in Virtualbox on 12.04? [closed]
Note: This appears to be a problem with Windows 8, no matter what host OS Virtualbox is running on.
I recently tried to install Windows 8 RP 32-bit in Virtualbox using Ubuntu 12.04 as the host. I ...
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use PHP with PAE (32 bit), 16GB?
I ordered a server, a month ago. Sadly, only now I noticed, that the ubuntu on it is 32 bit instead of 64 bit, so it uses PAE.
I have 16GB Ram on it (I always see PAE examples mentioning up to 8 GB ...
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Can I upgrade my 32-bit version of Ubuntu to 64-bit Ubuntu?
For a while, I have been using a 32-bit version of Ubuntu, and I have been considering switching to the 64-bit version. Because I am not too familiar with the ins and outs of Ubuntu yet, I was ...
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How to convert a 32 bit ubuntu 12.10 to 64 bit ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I upgrade from x86 to x64 without losing settings?
I have a 32 bit ubuntu 12.10 os , i want to upgrade it to 64 bit . Is there any way ?
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How to hack a sound theme (Ubuntu 12.04)
I use the default ubuntu sound theme. I pretty like it except for the sound that you get when you try to auto-complete a command in a terminal by pressing tabs and you have multiple choices.
I would ...
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Wubi installation is completely frozen
I'm installing Wubi 32 bits with Ubuntu 12.04 on Windows 7 64 bits and after restarting my PC a Ubuntu screen appeared saying that it was copying files or so. Everything was fine until it got stucked, ...
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How do I change the permissions for my USBs?
For some reason I have discovered that I can no longer edit any of the data I have on my USBs. I was once able to edit it and I am able to edit the data on it on other PCs. I am running 32 bit 12.10 ...
