On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 00:28 -0400, Phil Savoie wrote: > Please see in line responses > > On August 31, 2006 18:32, ET wrote: > > just now getting into this ,,, I been running a 64 bit version of mandy > > since about 10.0, all have run just fine for my use, but never > > 'flawlessly' just considerably better than 64bit M$ products I can buy... > > I have tried suse64, and various 64 bit other Linux distros up the yang, > > I just happen to find, (and partially because I know it from the 32 bit > > versions), Mandy just works fine for me, 64 bit and all. > > Now if I had to guess, I would guess Phil adds some PLF sources or SoS, > > so to get the updated xorg version or accel 3D, and that is where he > > finds 32 bit programs added to his box as soon as he installs.... > > Nope. I just ran the install and then went for the updates. I only used the > plf just to watch movies on my laptop > > > > > AND > > > > if just using a different distro was not an option, (and hell, use what > > works for you, I always say) he might have been able to use the > > "upgrade" option from his cd/dvd that he is installing Mandriva with, > > just let it run, and see if it did not fix up his urpmi database to a 64 > > bit version all the way, if that is what he desires. > > Maybe but I didn't try. I would have thought a clean install would have been > just that--clean > > > 64 bit hardware accel drivers,,, _not_ been really really good for > > me,,, but then I don't reallllly NEED to game... > > > > BTW, was there some problem in the OP that using a mixed 32/64 bit > > environment caused, other than upgrading automagically? > > I have no idea why it mixed 32/64 bit versions of packages. I just > downloaded > the 64 bit torrent from the club page, burned it and then walked it to the > other box, threw it in the drive and installed. AFAIK if it was advertised > as 64 bit then it should have been. Obviously not. Who knows why? Poor iso > design maybe? Bad quality control? Asleep at the switch. I just don't > know. > > What I do know is that I run Mandriva almost exclusively on all my other > boxes > (32 bit) with little or no problems. If Mandriva can polish up the 64 bit > distro as well as the 32 bit distro is polished, then we'll have a well > rounded product. I'm just disappointed in Mandriva for, in my opinion, not > keeping up the quality standards that I have come to know from 7.2 on and now > have been expecting from each release. > > Phil
I run 64 bit here, almost exclusively, and have had the same problem. When I check the running version of KDE and XOrg they are both higher version numbers than what the updates are offering. In the end, I just ignore it. There's something wrong with it but we're so close to 2007 that for now I'll just live with the problem. ttfn John ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
