Questions tagged [64-bit]
Questions about the 64-bit architecture, and how to get software (including 32-bit applications) working on it.
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Can't run Google Earth with Ironhide - libGL.so.1 wrong elf class
I've got a working ironhide setup (ubuntu 11.10). Most applications works fine with the nvidia-drivers (nvidia-current), but I can't get Google Earth (64bit .deb installed) working with or without ...
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Can't change the Dash Color
I try to change the Dash color from CCSM or MyUnity but I after I choose a color it changes to the default by it self in 2-3 seconds.
using unity 5.12.0
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Multiple Problems while installing VMware Player with Kernel Headers
Sorry, pretty long problem
First some background: I was running Ubuntu 13.10 x64 in my laptop. I just upgraded to 14.04 few weeks back. The output of the uname -a currently on my system are
Linux ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 (amd64) not detecting all of my memory
I've got 4gb of RAM installed in my machine but Ubuntu only detects 2.8gb of RAM
If I run uname -a I get:
Linux DeLillo 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:11:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 ...
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How can one reinstall sound drivers?
My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound.
I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for ...
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Ubuntu One doesn't start after login
On my Desktop (ubuntu 10.10 64 Bit) Ubuntu One doesn't start after login. I have to start the UbuntuOne Preferences, than I have to wait a while until the connect butten is enabled and than I can ...
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How to install a Lexmark z600 series printer?
It has been a headache trying to install this printer. All the tutorials I found are for older versions of Ubuntu, and none of them work.
How can I install this printer?
Edit: HOWTO: Install PITA ...
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Recovering data from /
I accidentally installed Ubuntu to one of my data drives from Windows. The drive was a NTFS drive and contained about 80 GB of important data. The size of the drive is 110 GB. Its new file system is ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 usually suspends before login and while logout
Since I went to 16.04 my laptop likes to suspend when the boot procedure ends and when I logout from my user account. It's a ~4 years old Asus K53SD machine and I thought it's a special case but now I ...
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Installing Skype on 12.04 64 bit causes errors [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Unable to install Skype on 64bit Ubuntu
Fixing Broken Packages
Hi there I am trying to install Skype through apt-get but I am having some trouble. The Skype package depends ...
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Problems to boot on Natty with Kernel 2.6.39.1 [closed]
I've installed this new Kernel version (2.6.39.1) and it seems to me that isn't stable. When i boot my laptop it blocks.... and it shows a Fail on Graphics... What is the problem?
I've installed ...
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Flash player for 11.04 64bit [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install Adobe Flash player?
How do install adobe flash player for my 64 bit 11.04? Also is it stable yet?
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Can't launch Eclipse
I've been using Eclipse for quite a while. I just switched from OpenJDK to SunJDK. I went back to using Eclipse, it opened just fine. I added some libraries to my build path of a project, but the ...
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Is it possible to boot a 64 bit ISO image with a 32 bit Grub2?
I'm trying to make a USB stick with multiple OSs installed however wanted it to run on most computers so I made sure to install a 32 bit Ubuntu version. I also want to put a specific ISO on the end ...
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Why is Flash performing so badly in 10.10 64-bit compared to 10.04 64-bit?
Edit: After discovering some more about the problem (namely that it seems to be caused by waking from suspend) I created a new question.
In Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit, I was running the latest 64-bit Flash ...
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Installing Lexmark X1290 printer?
I'm trying to install the Lexmark X1290 printer on a 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 system. I previously had this printer working flawlessly on a 32-bit Ubuntu 10.04.
I'm following the instructions from http://...
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Update/Installs fails with unrecoverable dpkg fatal error because libc6-i386 is missing
I keep receiving this error every-time I try to do some updates.
I tried sudo dpkg --configure, sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get install -f but they failed on me.
installArchives() failed: (...
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Installing LBP 2900 printer -> libs folders wrong?
I am trying to get my Canon LBP2900 printer to work on Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit.
What I have done is try to follow the steps on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CanonCaptDrv190
So I downloaded the ...
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GCC - Compile 32-bit code on 64-bit system
I'm studying Assembly and I need to compile a piece of C code into a 32-bit executable file. The issue is that I keep getting this error. I've tried installing gcc-multilib and g++-lib, but it hasn't ...
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'SDL_OpenAudio failed: No available audio device' while starting Psychonauts
Psychonauts fails to start on Ubuntu 12.04 x64 with the error
SDL_OpenAudio failed: No available audio device
What do I need to do to start the game?
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Installing old Loki games on 12.04 64-bit results in no audio
All,
Here's an interesting problem. I followed instructions provided online for installing Loki Games' Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (see http://www.swanson.ukfsn.org/loki/ and http://wtanaka.com/node/...
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Why does my burned Ubuntu DVD have a different hash/checksum than the iso?
I downloaded the 10.04.4-dvd-amd64.iso file, then burned it to a DVD.
I then tried installing it but it hangs at 95%. I then checked the hash with md5sum and they are not the same. The ISO is the same ...
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User login cycles [duplicate]
Just install 12.04-64bit and while I can login using the guest login, I cannot with my user login: it just cycles back to the login screen. I have performed the sequence of apt-get update/upgrade and ...
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How do I compile a kernel module?
A good man on NetworkManager mailinglist provided a patch that hopefully would solve an issue I'm experiencing related to slow mobile broadband detection on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit. I'd really like to ...
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Can I run a Java 32-bit application on a 64bit system
Natty 64-bit is installed. iMindmap 5 a Java 32 program will not run correctly.
Is installing 32-bit Java a possible solution?
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Compile 32 bit on 64 bitsystem
I'm trying to compile a 32 bit version of python on a 64 bit ubuntu system with the following configure command:
CC="gcc -m32" LDFLAGS="-L/lib32 -L/usr/lib32 \ -Lpwd/lib32 -Wl,-rpath,/lib32 \
-Wl,...
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Help to fix acpi on my HP Pavilion DV6-6008el
Update: further details related to the issue in this other question.
I'm able to boot my laptop only adding acpi=off as kernel parameter in grub configuration file. Without this parameter the system ...
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32bit vs 64bit on desktop [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit and which should I choose?
My cpu is Intel® Core™2 Quad Q8200 which, by Intel page support 64bit.
I went to the download ...
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ATI Radeon HD with Catalyst driver stuck mirroring screens
In 11.10 I replaced my aging Nvidia card with a new Radeon HD 6970 card. The single card has two DVI output ports which I've connected to two monitors. I installed Catalyst version 11.9 and I cannot ...
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Grub doesn't recognize Windows 8
I have set up Ubuntu using this guide. Everything worked completely fine, but Grub wouldn't show Windows 8 in it's menu.
So I googled a solution, and found+used boot-repair.
Even after the fix, ...
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Wallpaper turns into distorted pixels after suspend
I'm running Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 64bit on my Lenovo Y500 laptop, and every time the system goes into suspend mode, the wallpaper turns into distorted colors like or and it's really annoying.
Do you ...
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TP-Link Archer T2U does not work on Ubuntu 15.10 +
I just bought this USB wifi adapter, TP-Link Archer T2U AC600, from BestBuy (Canada) since it stated that it had linux support on their website. I have tried the driver software from the TP-Link ...
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Undetected Logitech MX 5500 Keyboard and Mouse
I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit but I can't since Logitech MX 5500 Combo (Keyboard/Mouse) is not detected. I'm new to Ubuntu.
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Which version of MongoDB to install?
I need to install MongoDB on my Ubuntu 20.04 laptop (dual booted with windows 10), and I can't understand which version I should download from their website.
Currently I have chosen 4.4.2 as the ...
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How to install Guitar Pro 6 on Kubuntu 15.10 64bit?
first I have followed this description:
installing gp6 in saucy by hacking the .deb file
I assume, that it is outdated, because it does not work properly. After rebuilding the package and trying to ...
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Why is 32 bit Ubuntu "recommended" and 64 not? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Ubuntu Download recommend 32-bit install?
On the Ubuntu download page, you have a choice between 32 and 64 bit, and the 32 bit one is "recommended". Why is that? I ...
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Can I safely remove all these packages as asked by the message ("Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them")?
I know what that message means after sudo apt update, and that it is usually useful and harmless.
But at some point in the past with a different system installation it proposed a lot of programs to ...
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How can I use Cisco WebEx in Firefox on 64-bit Ubuntu 14.10
Looking at [1] it looks like there is a solution for getting webex run on Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. However it does not work on Ubuntu 14.10.
Do you have any ideas?
[1] How can I use Cisco WebEx in ...
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How do I install TweetDeck?
See question here: ===============> https://superuser.com/questions/218868/tweetdeck-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-10-10
Getting the issue:
sudo apt-get install
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU [duplicate]
This is NOT a duplicate. The other answers do not apply to this situation.
When trying to boot a 64 bit image in a headless VirtualBox, I get
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only ...
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How can older executables be run in Ubuntu 14.04?
I did a fresh install of Xubuntu 14.04. Executables like Opera Mobile Emulator no longer work. I have already tried the solutions from:
No such file or directory for existing executable
How to run ...
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Resolving dependencies related to 32 bit libraries on 64 bit [closed]
I am struggling to make a 32bit application (related to adobe AIR)
work on my 64bit Ubuntu system. The application starts fine but there
is no sound. After running the application from the terminal, I'...
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Why does the installation of a 32-bit package remove 64-bit packages?
It's not clear to me why the installation of a 32-bit package would necessitate the removal of a 64-bit package.
For example, if I try to install the 32-bit development package of libcurl
apt-get ...
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How do I get a Canon PIXMA ip1900 to work?
I have a new canon photo printer (pixma ip1900) and I have a minor problem - the deb for it is 32bit and my system is 64bit.
I can use the ppd file in the deb, but I need some pstcanonij program that ...
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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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How do I get sound in Trine on 12.04 64-Bit?
Whenever I try to play Trine, it starts but I get no sound. In the terminal this error message appears:
/o/g/trine> ./trine-launcher64
ALSA lib conf.c:3314:(snd_config_hooks_call) Cannot open ...
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Ubuntu running slow on my good machine!
Its fixed now :)
I just installed Ubuntu on my PC. I lag a lot. My pc runs all other OS' at high speed, but ubuntu lags like hell. It worked on my old laptop.
My Specs:
XFX AMD Radeon HD 7870 Black ...
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How are separate x screens supposed to work (probable problem)
I just recently re-installed Ubuntu (went from 11.10 32bit to 11.10 64bit) and got a new monitor and video card (nvidia, vga and hdmi outputs). So, since I have two monitors connected to the computer, ...
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How do I get a Canon PIXMA MX350 printer working?
Is anybody successfully addressing a Canon PIXMA MX printer (MX350 in my case) on current Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit)?
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NetworkManager doesn't store password for 802.1x
If I create a new ethernet connection, fill in correctly 802.1x security options with correct password and save, it will immediately prompt for password. If I write in correct password once again, it ...