Questions about the 64-bit architecture, and how to get some software working on it.
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How to execute a file as program?
I can't execute it as program in Ubuntu 13.04
i tried properties and then permissions then Execute a file as program and when i open it
it opens by gpedit
i also tried chmod +x filename.sh and did ...
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How do I get the touchpad working on a Toshiba P850?
The synaptics touchpad is not working after a fresh install of ubuntu 12.04.2 on a Toshiba P850. It works fine under windows 8 (it's a dual boot machine).
It appears to be recognised OK in ...
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Brightness Control in ubuntu 13.04-64bit not working in Toshiba T110
I'm new to this forum and thought I'd try it out. So, much like every edition since about 11.10 brightness control doesn't work "out-of-the-box". I have a Toshiba Satellite T110-12P and although I've ...
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Dependency error while installing google chrome on Ubuntu 13.04 [closed]
I Installed Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit Unity Desktop environment and did the routine OS update.
Downloaded the 64 bit .deb file from google chrome website and tried installing it ,which resulted to the ...
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Ubuntu raring 13.04 x64 AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M fglrx issue
I finished install my fresh Ubuntu 13.04 x64 and would like install fglrx (ATI driver).
But, I tried install the new AMD proprietary 13.4 and got a low graphics mode after reboot.
When I install both ...
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ubuntu-gnome on mac
I would like to install ubuntu-gnome 13.04 which was released today on my macbook pro. However, unfortunately this version of ubuntu does not have and amd64+mac image.
Should I just install the ...
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Can't boot into Ubuntu 13.04 64 Bit
I just freshly installed Ubuntu 13.04 64Bit using a bootable usb. After installing I click restart and my laptop boots into windows 7 without asking me to select OS. My boot menu is a traditional one ...
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what does it mean by if If you have a PC with the Windows 8 logo or UEFI firmware, choose the 64-bit download
I have dual booted my Acer aspire one d257 which has an Intel atom n570 1gb of ram net book with windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04. Which operating system shall I upgrade my PC to the 32 bit or 64bit, my ...
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64-bit Intel machine can use the AMD64-bit? [duplicate]
I have a Intel 64-bit laptop with 8GB. I found somewhere that if I want to take the most out of my machine I should use the 64-bit version. But, is it correct that I can use the "Desktop image for ...
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1answer
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can I compile a 64 bit system on a 32 bit pae kernel with a 64bit capable processor
I have a mac pro tower 2006. I can not install a 64 bit system due to the 32bit efi bootloader in firmware. I would like to be able to run ubuntu studio. I have tried a number of different options ...
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Which architecture should I install on Samsung N145 Plus? [duplicate]
I have a Netbook Samsung N145 plus and I want to know which of Ubuntu versions is the best for me. I will use GCC compiler on Ubuntu and some other programs for code development (Netbeans, Eclipse).
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Dell XPS 15Z - 64 Bit OS not installing, but a 32 bit OS will install
I have the following system:
Dell XPS 15Z
i7 Core Processor
16Gb of RAM
2Gb NVidia Card
This system is well capable of having a 64 bit OS on it. At first I thought it was just a bad image ...
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Inspiron 7520 Suspend/hibernate problem Ubuntu 64 bit
I am currently using Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit, booting with UEFI. I am experiencing a problem since I have begun to use my computer linux. The problem is that the timer goes wrong when I awake my computer ...
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How to install VMWare converter on Ubuntu 12.04
I bought a laptop. It came with windows. I prefer to use Ubuntu. I need to use Windows at times. I would like to migrate the OEM windows installation to a virtual machine within Ubuntu.
That is the ...
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Install Skype on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit
Since weeks ago I'm trying to install Skype on my computer. I imagined it would be a straight forward task but it is becoming a nightmare.
What I have tried so far:
Installing from command line with ...
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Skype ports on Ubuntu 12.04.2 64 bit
I installed Skype by using the instructions in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype
i.e. sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" followed by sudo ...
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No display output on Macbook pro 13'' Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit on macbook pro. I have refit installed. I am able to see the Ubuntu on refit menu and boot it.
But after Ubuntu boot menu, computer keeps working and not showing ...
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inxi installation on ubuntu
I have migrated from Linux Mint to Ubuntu 64(KDE installed). I want check my hardware with inxi -F command but it returns : inxi: command not found and as I want to install inxi (sudo apt-get install ...
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Sopcast and sp-auth on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit
Where is the 64bit package of sp-auth on the site? (launchpad).. Only i386 and it'll not work of course.
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Ubuntu 12.04.2 showing a kernel panic at the startup
I'm using a Acer Laptop 5100 (Athlon 64 TK-53, ATI 1100, 320GB HD, 4GB RAM, Broadcom 4311 Wifi), and I was using for some time Ubuntu 10.04 and later 10.10 64-bit versions without a single freeze. I ...
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What kind of harware configuration choose for a game-oriented Ubuntu PC? [closed]
I am considering buying newer hardware for my Ubuntu-only Box. The main purpose of the PC is gaming, mainly Humble Bundle games, some old Windows games with wine and web-based games (the facebook ...
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Can't change brightness on Toshiba Satellite l745
I'm new to Ubuntu. The problem I have is that I can't change the brightness of my Toshiba l745 laptop. I've tried the brightness setting but nothing happens. I've also read other forums but none of ...
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ubuntu 12.04 64b udev rule overwritten
Ubuntu 12.04 64b mounts usb drives (hdd & flash) at /media/{DISK-LABEL} and assigns always 700 permissions.
I've written an udev rule in /etc/udev/rules to assign 0755 permissions:
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Software Center will not start
I tried to launch Ubuntu Software Center to day, but it didn't start, so I tried launching it through the terminal, giving this error:
2013-04-19 10:21:51,505 - softwarecenter.ui.gtk3.app - INFO ...
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System moniter incorectly shows CPU constantly on 100%,
Running absolutely nothing, my system monitor states that all four cores of my AMD Phenom II 945 are at 100%, although no individual process can be traced to cause this. At most, Firefox takes 4% of ...
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Ubuntu software center crashes on startup
When i try to open software center it opens but nothing shows up on the window and it closes after 5 seconds. it had worked previously and then i did a ppa purge and then it won't open. the ppa i ...
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Empathy and Skype [duplicate]
I know, there are many threads with the same question. Can I use Skype through Empathy?
I found many threads about this, but they are too old. So I'm asking for a working solution..
I would prefer ...
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“Depends: ia32-libs-multiarch but it is not installable” - Solution
I noticed this on 12.10 trying to get the Android SDK working. For 64 bit versions, it is required to install:
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
However, under 64bit 12.10, I got the following error:
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1answer
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Falling back to unity-2D after an update
I have a laptop with nvidia optimus technology and I had installed bumblebee (running ubuntu 12.04 64bit).
After an update ubuntu-2d is loaded (I verified that with echo $DESKTOP_SESSION printing ...
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Wubi offline installation error; failed
I'd read a guide to install Ubuntu using wubi offlinely, but it's failed. Wubi installer is exact at root folder of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS desktop ISO file. This is some string on log file:
04-15 12:34 ...
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Can't find ia32-libs after install ubuntu-restricted-extras by aptitude [duplicate]
I am using 12.10 64bit and I installed ia32-libs before. But after I install aptitude and install ubuntu-restricted-extras, the ia32-libs went to unavailable.
I believe that the aptitude remove a ...
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How can I configure Aspect Ratio of Webcam
Is there any way to configure the aspect ratio of the picture from a Webcam?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, using the Webcam in 'Google talk', the cam is listed being used via the 'gspca main driver' ...
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Errors were encountered while processing:libglib2.0-0:i386
Every time i run:
sudo apt-get upgrade
or when i try to:
sudo apt-get install
a program, it gives me this error:
Errors were encountered while processing:
libglib2.0-0:i386
E: Sub-process ...
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32 bit Wine in 64 bit PC running Ubuntu 64 bit Precise
As I'm using dotnet20, I've setup a WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 with WINEARCH=win32 (as per question 'Installing dotnet2,0 on 64 bit machine'). I saw in above question (How to install 32 Bit Wine on 64 Bit ...
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run-init /sbin/init exec format error after reinstalling Ubuntu 32-bit with Ubuntu 64-bit
Today I wanted to install Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit, because I need it for certain programs.
However during installation, the installer offered me to reinstall my old system (32-bit), so did (I know, I must ...
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Netflix still not working
I am running 12.04 LTS on a 64-bit system and I followed the "I heart" instructions to a "t" but while trying to run netflix app I get a message that the program plugin container.exe has encountered a ...
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Install stuck at “Detecting file Systems”
Trying to install Ubuntu on Asus X202E. I am using a usbkey, as there is no optical drive. Installer has been running for several hours. System is functional, system runs successfully in live mode. ...
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Install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside Windows 8 (not preinstalled) without grub [duplicate]
I want to install x64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 on my HP laptop. I don't like grub, so I want to install without it or install grub onto another partition and then add grub to Windows' bootloader (and set grub ...
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Questions about architecture
So, I've been trying to learn as much as I can about linux operating systems, and something is currently confusing me.
uname -a
Linux L655 3.5.0-27-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 19:58:17 UTC ...
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`libqapt-runtime' contains empty filename error while updating
Whenever I try to update Ubuntu 12.10, it always gets interrupted by this error:
files list file for package `libqapt-runtime' contains empty filename
I have tried to install with apt-get as well ...
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How do put two operating systems on one DVD-R? [duplicate]
How would I go about installing Ubuntu 32 and 64 bit 12.10 on the same disk? I would really like to do this if you could help. I'm on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit ATM if that helps.
Edit: What I meant was ...
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error on update (sudo apt-get update)
i have this problem. what should I do? thanks
mohsen@mohsen-ThinkPad-R500:~$ sudo apt-get clean
mohsen@mohsen-ThinkPad-R500:~$ sudo apt-get update
Err http://ir.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
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Ubuntu 12.10 taskbar menu not showing
When I hover the mouse other the top left corner of the taskbar in ubuntu 12.10, I don't get any menu anymore. Before I used to get File,... Can you please tell me how to get it back?
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Updated answers for 32 bit vs 64 bit Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I have Intel 3rd gen processor i5 & ATI Radeon 7670m GPU in my 64 bit Laptop.
I want to install Ubuntu.
But I am not able ti understand which version to Install.
The answers for this question are ...
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WPS Kingsoft not running
Installed WPS Kingsoft on my Ubuntu 12.10 64bit from a .deb package downloaded from omgubuntu but when I execute any for the three files (writer, spreadsheet or powerpoint) nothing happens.
Anyone ...
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libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object and skype doesn't start [duplicate]
$ uname -a
Linux homebook 3.8.0-17-generic #27-Ubuntu SMP Sun Apr 7 19:39:35 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
sudo find / -name libGL.so.1
/usr/lib32/nvidia-304/libGL.so.1
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Does libc6-i386 compile 64-bit executables?
I have libc6-i386 installed on my 64-bit capable Intel i3 processor.
Should I rather install the amd64-versions of libc or stick to the i386 as I have an Intel processor?
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Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit does not start after installation of MS Office 2010 through PlayOnLinux
Booting starts normally but before going to login screen screen turns black and thereafter stays frozen. I tried to recover the system through recovery mode by going to command line interface:
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Mysql very slow on (fast) development laptop
[Solved]
Ubuntu 12.10 x64 new i7 laptop, mysql default installation.
Importing a 6 MB dump file (a empty drupal dump made mostly of INSERT INTO statements) takes ~30 minutes, on other PC takes less ...
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How to shrink an ext4 /home partition without using a LiveCD and losing data?
I need to shrink an ext4 /home partition (/dev/sda9) to make space for something else.
I would prefer avoid live CDs (boot troubles with new EFI and. I don't have a CD/USB in hand in the office).
I ...
