[sf-lug] 32bit VS 64bit
Blake Haggerty
Blake.Haggerty at Sapphire.com
Thu Oct 18 10:59:44 PDT 2007
What you just wrote there Tom, I think should do the trick... I installed the nvidia-glx and teh kernel thing but I never ran "sudo nvidia-glx-config enable " which is probably the start of the problem I have... I think I will begin there tonight...
PS
Anyone interested in a couple gigs of DDR ram, a nice motherboard, pentium 4 2.33ghz processor, and a nvidia 128mb video card just let me know... Christian, Maybe you would need some of this stuff for for the school???
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-----Original Message-----
From:Tom Haddon tom at greenleaftech.net
To: "Blake Haggerty" ;
Cc: "sf-lug at linuxmafia.com" ;
Sent: Oct 18, 2007 10:52:28 AM
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] 32bit VS 64bit
On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 13:36 -0400, Blake Haggerty wrote:
> As far as the NVIDIA issues go, I installed my new motherboard,
> processor and graphics card, then when I powered up, I got an error
> with the Xserver stating I didn't have any NVIDIA Drivers installed.
> It then kicked me just to the command line. I ran the xorgconfig and
> chose the nv driver and so on went through that and then rebooted the
> xserver started and I went straight into Gnome. Once in Gnome this
> were very slow, when I started Beryl it was extremely choppy and slow.
> So I went to the NVIDIA website and followed thier instructions on how
> to install thier drivers. Everything seemed to work great after that.
> Beryl was lightning fast and everything ran very smooth. Then when I
> rebooted again BAM Xserver failed again and there was a list of 10-15
> errors (not at my computer so I cant say what they all said). So I
> went back to the commandline and I ran the xorg config again went
> through that and then restarted GDM. Got to the gnome desktop, and
> Beryl wont even start now... I want to try and reinstall the NVIDIA
> drivers but I cant have X running and I need to be at runlevel 3. I
> cant figure out how I got to that point to begin with when I installed
> the first time.
I think you're using Ubuntu, right? If so, the package you need is
nvidia-glx or nvidia-glx-new (depending on which card you have). You'll
also need linux-restricted-modules for the kernel you're using. If you
do uname -a you'll see what kernel you're running.
Once you've installed these, you do sudo nvidia-glx-config enable and it
will edit your xorg to take advantage of the nvidia module.
If you can get the nvidia stuff working from the repos, you'll find it
much easier in the long run, as otherwise any kernel upgrade will break
your Xorg (as nvidia modules will need to be rebuilt manually).
Restricted drivers manager is supposed to deal with all this stuff.
Should be much easier on Gutsy. Compiz/Beryl stuff too, since Compiz
Fusion is included by default.
Let me know if you have any issues, and I'll be happy to help.
Cheers, Tom
>
> Typically I end up screwing with this stuff for 10-12 hours and
> somehow get it to work I never remember how I do it either. I just
> wish one time I could manage to do it simply in a matter of minutes...
> Any inputs or ideas though always seem to help my brain start thinking
> in a different direction.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:Ernest de Leon dryicezero at gmail.com
> To: "Blake Haggerty" ;
> Cc: "sf-lug at linuxmafia.com" ;
> Sent: Oct 18, 2007 09:53:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] 32bit VS 64bit
>
> Your Nvidia issues should not be an issue in Ubuntu. Just use the
> proprietary drivers. There should be an option in the administration
> drop down for proprietary driver manager or something like that. You
> will not see any issues running the 32 bit version of Ubuntu. The two
> versions (32 and 64 bit) are fully operational and identical except
> for the addressing space and some small issues (with workarounds) like
> flash. As far as I know, there is no way to change between 32 and 64
> bit versions without reinstalling. There are only 2 benefits you will
> get from running 64 bit anyway: 1: address more than 4GB of RAM, 2:
> Performance boost for apps specifically written for a 64 bit OS. I
> run 64 bit Ubuntu 7.10 specifically for the RAM issue. 32 bit OSes
> cannot address more than 4GB and even at that, if there are multiple
> devices connected to the PCI bus, the address space shrinks further
> from 4GB down to the mid 3s. Is there a specific reason that you want
> to run 64 bit other than strictly for the sake of toying with it? By
> the way, today is the official release for 7.10 so enjoy!
>
> Ernest
>
> On 18 Oct 2007 11:39:59 -0400, Blake Haggerty <
> Blake.Haggerty at sapphire.com> wrote:
> I just did a major upgrade to one of my computers last night.
> Things seem to be going well (aside from a few NVIDIA driver
> issues). This may be a dumb question, but I am curious, With
> all my new stuff installed the computer is capable of running
> a 64bit version of Ubuntu. Because of that am I going to see
> issues continuing to run my old 32bit install?? Also are there
> anyways to upgrade to a 64bit version with out using a disk?
> IE update manager OR internet upgrade?
>
>
>
>
> Blake Haggerty
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