2 Gutsy problems: 64 bit

[Tom Schinckel]

Todd wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have been helping my friend install Gutsy on his AMD 64 bit system. Have 
> it up and running okay except for two problems:
>
> 1. He can't type anything into the terminal. Can copy and paste a 
> command to the terminal but when it asks for his password the terminal 
> will not accept any keyboard strokes.
>
> 2. Can't seem to download any of the Firefox extensions eg Adblock Plus. 
> I would expect the Firefox extensions to work under a 64 bit system but 
> I am not sure as I have always had a 32 bit configuration.
>
> One thing I did notice after his install was that Nautilus was not 
> installed which did not allow him to access his Home directory. I now 
> have that up and running and not sure if this has anything to do re the 
> above terminal problem.
>
> Thanks
> Todd
>
>
>
>   
You could also probably install 32-bit and it would run better or just
as well except if you are doing high-end stuff like lots of processing.


64-bit is getting better, but for ease of use 32-bit is king.