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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How to enable HP pavillon dv9000 pci express card [closed]
I Have an HP Pavillon dv9000, I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 x64 on this laptop, everything works very very fine, but when I insert my eSATA pci express card in the slot, and attach my external ...
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Can I use every .deb file, whatever my Ubuntu version or architecture?
Sometimes I want to download programs that are not proposed in the Software Center but only on the developer's website, like for example World of Goo Demo. But the website proposes only one .deb ...
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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 remove *-pae Grub2 entries from previous install?
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 10.10 from 32 to 64bit, but there are two entries I'd like to remove - they're the 32bit entries, with -pae suffix. There is even a initrd-...-pae image for them in /boot. ...
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USB mouse late to load
I was using 10.04 going into this weekend and, after a kernel update, I began to observe some unreliable USB behaviour: namely, my USB mouse is extremely late to the party (usually turns on several ...
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Youtube streaming is not working on totem
This is the error i got while clicking on the videos on the right pane.
"Could not open location; you might not have permission to open the file."
I had a inspection on totem plugs and found that ...
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Unable to connect to iFolder server [closed]
I tried to install iFolder on Ubuntu 10.10 server 64 bit using this guide.
Everything "worked" except: If I try to acccess the server with http://myurl/admin I get the error-message "Unable to ...
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Need wired/wireless atheros driver for AR9285 and AR8152
How can I install atheros drivers to my Toshiba laptop (64bit), manually?
I need AR9285 wireless adapter, and AR8152(v1.1) wired, fast ethernet.
I cannot connect my UberStudent1.0 (linux OS, ...
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How can I tell whether my Firefox is 32 bit or 64 bit?
I have a 64-bit Ubuntu. For the preinstalled Firefox I had to download the 64-bit plugins (Flash, Java); the 32 bit plugins didn't work. Then I downloaded Firefox from mozilla.org, which just has one ...
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If I install 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 will Flash work? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install Flash 10 for Firefox in 64bit
I am currently downloading 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10 but am seeing reports that there may be problems with Flash. I'm installing this ...
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crackling audio with Pulseaudio
This is a problem that I have been experiencing for a while now (since 9.10); before that I used a beta driver from Creative (I have a SB X-Fi on my Dell XPS 710), and even though, I have to compile ...
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Firebug problem in 64 bit Ubuntu distribution
I know that Firebug does not run on 64 bit Ubuntu distribution. Do you know some solution for this problem or why it happens?
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Install amazonmp3 on a 64-bit desktop
Try to install amazonmp3 on a ubuntu desktop 64bit edition. Amazon only supports Ubuntu 8.10 32Bit version.
I googled around to see if there was a way to install 32 bit packages under 64 bit Ubuntu, ...
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How can I fix corrupted icons on task bar?
Just installed Kubuntu and corrupted application icons appear randomly on my task bar. Does it happen to anyone else?
Here's how it looks like:
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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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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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Can you get VMware Server 1.0.x to work?
I'm trying to install VMware Server 1.0.10 (released 2009-10-26) on Ubuntu 10.04.
(Why not 2.0? Well, I've tried 2.0; didn't like its UI and had some other issues with it too, and I know 1.0.x does ...
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gstreamer vaapi problem
I installed gstreamer-vaapi from this PPA :
ppa:guido-iodice/video
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-vaapi libgstvaapi-x11-0 libgstvaapi0
but, if I run totem movie player (via terminal) it's show ...
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Why is the 64bit 10.10 ISO labeled amd64.iso? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?
And should I be reluctant to try and install it on a laptop with an intel processor + 6G RAM? (Probably a silly ...
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How do I install wmware workstation?
I tried to install "VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle" on Ubuntu 10.10-64bit (2.6.35-22-generic). It seemed to work - but then there is the WMware Kernel Module Updater which fails ...
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How do I make the webcam work with flash 10.2.161.23?
I have a webcam and it works with cheese and gmail video. The problem is that it doesn't work on a lot of broadcasting websites (like tinychat). The flash permission popup doesn't appear when I try to ...
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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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Is it possible to "upgrade" from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?
As per title, I wish to know if I can, after a successful 32bit setup and consequent software installations, update to a 64bit version.
I know how to partition (actually one of the solutions is to ...
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Shouldn't tasksel be installed by default?
It just isn't there on the base install of a virtual host I am evaluating from an ISP.
Not in path:
root@vpstest2:~# tasksel
-bash: tasksel: command not found
Config files not there:
root@...
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My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?
My processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz). As far as I know that's a 64-bit processor - I'm a bit confused as the architecture is called AMD 64, is this a generic name given to 64-bit ...
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Ubuntu Server on 5 year old PC
I was recently downloading Ubuntu server to put on an old machine to serve media around my house.
I was wondering why they recommend the 64-bit version of there server? Does this affect anything if ...
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How can I fix 'no wubildr' error in WUBI on Windows 7? [closed]
Good Evening All,
I just got my HP Laptop Back from the factory and then I tried to install Ubuntu.
It got through the whole installation, however, when I restarted and chose Ubuntu a quick screen ...
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Installing by using Wubi on Windows Vista 64
After Reboot no Windows Partition is found and installation cannot start. How can we solve this, in order to try Ubuntu ?
It says I only have free space available, but that isn't true. I'm on the ...
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Where is the Flash in Chrome?
I installed Google Chrome. This is the first thing I did after installing Ubuntu. I went into firefox, and went to chrome.google.com, and hit the button. I don't like package managers, and avoid the ...
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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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Why does Ubuntu Download recommend 32-bit install? [closed]
Update for 13.10: 64-bit version is now the default and 32-bit is labelled "for machines with less than 2GB RAM"
The Ubuntu desktop download screen has a pair of radio buttons you use to ...