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| Thread ID: 145511 | 2017-11-21 06:20:00 | Dropbox Wrong Architecture "amd 64" HUH? | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 1442287 | 2017-11-22 00:16:00 | To be honest, you'll probably want to look at getting 64bit OS, 32bit software will eventually be stopped, some have already taken this stance. Normally computers 10 years or older might be 32 bit architecture but your CPU is definitely 64bit. You can just remove a distribution, easiest way would be to boot into another OS or live media and remove the partition it sits on, then when running the installer for it, you'll ask it to install into the unallocated space. Grub would needed to be updated to find the new OS if the installer can't do it. |
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| 1442288 | 2017-11-22 03:10:00 | I looked into "This Computer" on the other 'puter --- and it says that I indeed have a 64 bit 'puter and that the Zorin is 64 bit, as is Ubuntu Studio (the other 'puter) . I'm also sure that Ubuntu Cinnamon is 64 bit too (this 'puter) . Right now I'm working on the 'puter with just this one distro: Cinnamon . This is the one that had the driver problem for the WSKY WiFi adapter - which is running well right now . I just got a gift of two 30inch flat screen monitors which I will be putting online tonight . I'm trying to winnow down the computers I have in my room - but I need to have that Ubuntu Studio running well - and having a good b&w WiFi laser printer working on it too . The idea is to get my recordings done more professionally - that was the big fight to keep obsolete sound cards that have served me very well , with all the bells and whistles that I have been using too . Changing to a whole different system - Linux in particular - was not a good thing a couple of years ago . M$ forced my hand by not letting me use obsolete sound cards - so I dumped M$ and am trying to figger this L-thing out . Just this minute - between lines of text here - I solved the FF57 problem . It's up-n-running . . |
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| 1442289 | 2017-11-22 04:58:00 | Your uname command says i686 (x86) which it is possible to run a 32bit kernel in a 64bit OS but it seems unlikely that would be the case. Even though its possible it's not that easy. If a lot of packages are installed that suggest ix86, then it would be a sign that the 32bit version was installed. I am not sure how youre detecting if 64 bit was installed or not, since you cant rely on the processor, since that will say its 64 bit, it'll have to be determined by the software and it reporting wrong architecture when trying to install x86_64 or amd64 should be another sign its considered 32bit. Some commands you might be able to try: dpkg --print-architecture arch getconf LONG_BIT uname -m file /usr/bin/ld Not sure how accurate they will be but hopefully they provide answers. |
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