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amd64 or i386? VirtualBox can't start client VM
My Debian kernel is linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64, and the command uname -m returns x86_64. However, apt-get does get i386 packages (those /var/cache/apt/archives/*_i386.deb), and never gets amd64 ...
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How was the shift to 64 bits handled on Linux
How was the transition to 64 bits handled on Linux/Unix? The Windows world still seems to have issues with it and I'm curious how it was handled in the *nix world.
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Upgrading dpkg on 64-bit debian
Recently I tried to install Steam on my debian, but I ran into a problem. It requires dpkg version 1.16.2 (for multiarch) but the one installed on the system is 1.15.8.13
The problem is that running ...
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How do I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit Ubuntu?
I have a 64-bit (amd64 a.k.a. x86_64) Debian or Ubuntu installation. I need to run 32-bit (i386/i686) programs occasionally, or to compile programs for a 32-bit system. How can I do this with a ...
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Raid 0 Linux Installation fails to install grub
I have a Raid 0 setup (striping) via BIOS not through software raid. When I install linux mint or Ubuntu it fails to install the boot loader or set the boot loader to boot. I get an error stating ...
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how to patch PKGBUILD to lib32
I installed Poco library on my Arch64 system using AUR. Sources were downloaded, compiled and the package succesfully installed. But now I need to patch the PKGBUILD so that I can compile 32-bit ...
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How do I know that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux?
How can I find out that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux, e.g.: Ubuntu, Fedora?
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Why 32 bit OS has less requirement when compared to 64 bit
In my Organization for routing we are using 32 bit os rather than using 64 bit os on a host with 3GB RAM.
Since 64 bit faster than 32 bit why do sometimes people use 32 bit OS rather than 64 bit.
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How to run 32 bit programs on 64 bit Fedora 17?
Although the Android Development Tools (ADT) bundle is available as a zip package for 'Linux 64 Bit' it states following requirements:
64-bit distributions must be capable of running 32-bit ...
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libGL.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
I have archlinux on my x86_64 laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT graphics. I can start x, but when I try to run programs like xfce4-terminal I get:
xfce4-terminal: error while loading shared ...
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How to run 32-bit applications on 64-bit Slackware?
I used to use Slamd64 before, and it was easy. It came with all 32-bit libraries as well. Since official 64-bit Slackware is released, Slamd64 is no longer maintained. However, Slackware seems to be ...
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Arch Linux 64bit Android ADB?
I am trying to use the Android SDK on Arch Linux 64bit but when I try to run ADB from the correct dirrectory it says the file does not exist, but it is there. On Ubuntu when you have this problem you ...
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How to find out whether a certain processor is 64bit or 32bit? [duplicate]
Now, the answer that jumps into everyone's minds at this point is, of course, uname -a.
But I believe that, in this case, it is not the correct answer.
Why? Well, I have installed a 64bit version of ...
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no such file or directory [duplicate]
I have a 64-bit Ubuntu and want to execute a 32-bit FreeRTOS binary. The error message says no such file or directory. The files are there I can read them with ls -l.
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Ubuntu 10.04 on 64bit
I need to download the 64bit version of Ubuntu 10.04,
I found this link http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/
and select this option:
PC (Intel x86) desktop CD
But it is x86? And the other 64bit ...
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Only two 2GB memory available on 64-bit Linux kernel
I've just upgraded my Debian Linux (Wheezy) to a 64 bit kernel, as well as user mode binaries, in an attempt to make use of the 4GB of memory in the system without PAE.
Exchanging the kernel and ...
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How can I install Skype in Fedora 14 64 bits?
I would like to install Skype in Fedora 14 64 bits. However, I encounter this error during the install:
$ yum install skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm
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skype-4.1.0.20-fc16.i586 requires ...
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Virtualbox 64bit image on 64bit computer without virtualization support
I got an 64 bit image for VirtualBox (.vmdk file) and I don't have a 32 bit version. My coputer doesn't support hardware virtualization. Logically VirtualBox says
This kernel requeires an x86-64 CPU, ...
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User Mode Linux compile fails
I am trying to compile User Mode Linux on a 64 bit machine with defconfig and getting the following error.
arch/x86/um/user-offsets.c:1: sorry, unimplemented: code model "large" not supported yet
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64-bit Linux doesn't recognize my RAM between 3 and 32 GB
My problems were caused by a faulty memory module and quite possibly a broken kernel binary.
I just now booted my PC with basically brand new hardware. I've been running Debian 6.0 AMD64 before, ...
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Running -march optimized software on another architechture?
I'm running an Athlon64 server with LFS and would like to have a local copy of the server in a virtual machine for testing purposes and building software.
My PC uses an i7 and the existing server ...
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Does sysctl kern.bufcachepercent not work in OpenBSD 5.2 above 1.7GB?
I run OpenBSD/amd64 5.2 on a system with 12GB of RAM, and I want to use about 6GB to 8GB for filesystem caching.
By default, 5.2 amd64 comes with sysctl kern.bufcachepercent set to 20 (20%); I've ...
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Files bigger than max(off64_t) on Solaris, eg “/proc/../as”
How do I read or seek from a file that's bigger than the maximum off64_t? The problem arises because the address space of a process is represented in the /proc/.../as file, which is a huge sparse file ...
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linux mint 11 64 bit Citrix Client
Does anyone have Citrix Client 64 bit client working on Linux Mint 11?
Been searching for a while and applying several suggestions without success.
I've even attempted to get the 32 bit version of ...
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Missing 32 bit library on a 64 bit Linux install
I am trying to figure out why Eclipse is complaining about being unable to find a library. I've managed to reproduce/reduce the java problem to:
$ ldd ...
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What a 64 bit Linux can do that 32 bit linux can't?
I ordered a server from fdcserver. Then I realized that, unless changed, fdcserver actually provides 32 bit operating as default.
I logged in using SSH, typed uname -m, and to my horror I saw that I ...
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Why won't my binary run?
I have a binary that runs on my Debian Squeeze system, but then it doesn't do anything on my Debian Wheezy (kernel Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64) system. Both systems are 64 bit, while the executable is a 32 ...
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Debian on 64 bit Intel Core 2 Quad
I just ordered a new SSD, and so I am planning to reinstall my Debian system. I have an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU (Q9450). Does it make sense to install the 64bit version (I have just 4GB of RAM, plus 1GB ...
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Java SWT App: Need 64-bit swt.jar
I have a Java app that I want to run in Ubuntu, but I have Java 64 so I can't run it because it only has the 32-bit swt.jar. I can't build it myself, so Is there anyone that can provide the 64-bit ...
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Where is max process size specified?
I've got a RHEL4 machine with 1TB of memory and have discovered that malloc and mmap refuse to allocate any memory above 512GB. Meanwhile, I don't seem to have a problem with RHEL5 machines. I'm ...
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Why are 64-bit distros often called 'amd64'?
I am downloading an ISO image of Lubuntu; they have two versions: 32 and 64.
But why do they call the 64 version amd64 since they say that it works for Intel also?
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Installer not booting on Intel Atom 64bit CPU [closed]
I used to have Debian 6, the 64bit version working fine on this system. I'm now trying to install Arch (64bit) and the installer won't boot. Can anybody help me troubleshoot this issue?
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My ...
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64bit Linux or 32bit Linux with PAE kernel causes x server to crash on boot
I have a home server that was running 64bit Linux Mint with Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram, nvidia 7950GT, and RAID 0 two 150GB drives. It was running fine til the power supply failed and I had to replace it. ...
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How to tell if a running program is 64-bit in Linux?
In Mac OS X, I could use the Activity Monitor program to see if a running program/process is 64-bit. How do I do that in a Linux OS, regardless of flavour? Thanks.
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CentOS 6 “Default” Installation Options
Can someone tell me the difference between a Desktop Install, a Basic Server install, and a Minimal Install? During installation, it doesn't give a description and I can't find documentation on it ...
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Linux distro installation on 64 bit processor
I am trying to install Ubuntu/Fedora 64 bit versions on my machine and they shout back saying my CPU does not support x86_64 bit architecture and forces me to use i686 versions.
I am currently ...
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is it possible to use w32codecs on a 64bit system?
Is there any chance I can load binary codecs on 64bit arch linux ? I have few .dat files that works great under 32bit windows xp, with smplayer (after downloading codecs), but on 64bit Linux, I got ...
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How to convert a 32-bit (x86) Debian Wheezy system to 64-bit
I have a 32-bit system which runs on a 64-bit processor. How do I convert it to be all-64-bit, without re-installing? I have seen somewhere that it is doable as a result of the new Multiarch ...
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Linux executable sandboxing?
I'm running a service that allows users to submit code which is compiled and executed on the server.
At the moment I'm using Moe and while it works fine for C and C++ code, I've been having some ...
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GParted LiveCD: Is there a version with a 64-bit kernel?
I'm trying to chroot with the GParted LiveCD onto an existing 64-bit system, attempting to fix grub.
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How to install JRE on firefox with fedora (64bits)
What do I need to run Java web applications on firefox with my 64bits fedora 17?
I can't pass this test but I have installed the x64 rpm from there. What is missing?
Additional note: I tried to ...
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Why is it better to use a 64bit OS?
Speed/Security? Why should we choose to use 64 bit instead of 32 bit?
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Where did /usr/lib64 go and what is /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu?
I have two Ubuntu-x86_64 systems. One is version 10.04, the other 12.04 and there is a difference in the structure of the lib directories. This doesn't surprise me, but I'm curious if anyone knows ...
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error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
anisha@linux-y3pi:~/> google-earth
./googleearth-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
anisha@linux-y3pi:~/> locate ...
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Can Yum express a preference for x86_64 over i386 packages?
I run a 64-bit version of CentOS5. At the moment, when I run Yum updates or installs, unless Yum is purged of i386 packages prior, it will install i386 packages when x86_64 are available.
Is it ...
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Why does Linux on sparc64 architecture use 32-bit pointers in user-space and 64-bit pointers in kernel-space?
What are the advantages of deviating from the norm; that is 64-bit pointers in both user and kernel space for a 64-bit architecture?
Reference: http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/ch11.pdf (Page 2)
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How can I determine if my processor is 64 or 32 bit? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I know that my CPU supports 64bit operating systems under Linux?
I am running Debian Squeeze, how can I determine whether my processor is 64 or 32-bit? I'm ...
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Running 64-bit Linux with 750 MB of RAM: worth it?
I have a Debian server VPS, and the provider installed 64-bit Debian 5. Should I ask for an 32-bit install, given that I have only 750 MB RAM and I have heard that variables take more RAM on 64-bit ...
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Why does the i386 version of software get installed on an x86_64 system?
Why does the i386 version of most software get installed along with the x86_64 version on a CentOS 5.8 64-bit system?
# yum install php-xml
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from ...
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User Kernel split in 64bit Linux
What is the default user/kernel split in the 64bit linux ?
I read Documentation/x86_64/mm.txt (which someone pointed out), but I could not make out. Can somebody provide a direct answer (something ...
