Ryan Stanyan <ryan.stan...@gmail.com> writes: > > As far as I know you can't downgrade a 64-bit installation to a > 32-bit one. I am not the most current in terms of Ubuntu knowledge > but the closest I came to this was reinstalling all my media codecs > in their 32-bit form
What Ryan said--there's an `ia32-libs' package (and some other, related `ia32' packages) that can be installed on 64-bit systems to facilitate things like that. > On Jan 25, 2011 10:00 PM, "Ken D'Ambrosio" <k...@jots.org> wrote: > > Hey, all. I've got a big ol' RAID box that I use to store... well, pretty > > much everything. Threw 64-bit Ubuntu on it, 'cause, well, why not? > > > > I now know why not. > > > > I'm afraid I've fallen into the portable device rage, e.g., my Droid-X. > > Nifty thing, it is -- even set it up with VPN, SIP through my job, and all > > sorts of other fun stuff. Now I'd like to play video from my server on > > the phone. Unfortunately, its media player is pretty useless -- far > > better to generate video from the server, and stream it, apparently. But! > > 64-bit CODECs are also kinda lousy. And it's not like I have a oodles of > > RAM -- 2 GB -- so dropping to a 32-bit system won't really harm anything. > > > > But Googling that doesn't really help much. Any suggestions? What I'd > > *love* to do is an "apt-get update;apt-get dist-upgrade", and be done with > > it. Somehow, though, I'm thinking it won't be that simple. I'd really > > like to avoid a full re-install -- a lot of configuration has gone into > > this silly thing, and, while I could backup /etc and pray that was enough, > > I'd prefer not to find out the hard way. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions, -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr))))." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
