AMD 64 Bit Processor Info Wanted

[Tristan Wibberley]

Anders Karlsson wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Simon Taplin <simon.taplin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>>so, if i need a 32-bit chroot, does that mean that for example to get
>>>flash working, i also need a nearly full 32-bit environment installed?
>>>with i386-kernel and all? or... ?
>>>i also run a lot of applications outside of ubuntus and debians repos
>>>and compiled them myself, and if say, i have a program like a
>>>'panel-applet' that doesent compile on 64-bit, does this mean i can use
>>>such thing in a 32-bit chroot?
>>
>>No, you don't need a full 32bit enviroment, I got my system working
>>with chroot and it only uses certain libraries (which ones I am not
>>sure). You do need certain Gnome/KDE libraries but synaptic/adept will
>>do the sorting out for you.
> 
> 
> There is a linux32 package that should give you the fall-back stuff
> for non 64bit apps.

You need to do a bit of work as many 32bit apps expect things to be in
certain places. Look for a post from me in this lists archives regarding
running realplayer 10 on amd64.

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Tristan Wibberley