SuSE Linux 9.1 install prob

[TheMagicM]

So I install it on my sons PC.. he has a AMD Athlon proc..works great..so I go to install it on my backup pc..it has a AMD Duron.. the install software basically says it cant install it on my comp because its 32bit, not 64 bit.. whats up with that!??!?!?  Requirements state Duron is supported!  

-Alex

[Robert17]

Silly question I know but is your Son running an Athlon 64?

Robert

[TheMagicM]

no I dont think he is...its only a 900mhz Athlon, plain jane Athlon.

[Cajun_Man]

Are you using the DVD disk to install it?  And is there two sides to it?  I seem to remember reading somewhere that on one side is the I386 version and the other is the AMD64 version.

I believe the regular cd's are the I386 version.

[TheMagicM]

OOHH!!!! You are absoloutely correct.  I did use the DVD..I will try the other side..lol.  Thanks Cajun Man..I'm sure thats the answer!

[Cajun_Man]

You are welcome.  I am planning on ordering the SuSE 9.2 pretty soon, it has a I386 and a AMD64 as well.  Now that I have a AMD64 processor, I'll be able to try both versions and see which I like.  

I know there will be a few minor drawbacks to the 64 bit version, but hopefully soon they will be able to get them to work under 64 bit.

Cajun_Man wrote:
You are welcome.  I am planning on ordering the SuSE 9.2 pretty soon, it has a I386 and a AMD64 as well.  Now that I have a AMD64 processor, I'll be able to try both versions and see which I like.  

I know there will be a few minor drawbacks to the 64 bit version, but hopefully soon they will be able to get them to work under 64 bit.

The main differences are:

No support for Smartlink Winmodems under 64bit
No support for NDISWrapper for Broadcom wireless under 64bit
No support for ATI Radeon Hardware 3D under 64bit, though NVIDIA Hardware 3d is fine.

Other than that, there isn't much else of note.

SUSE is a very fine distro, mainly due to YAST being an excellent config tool.

[Cajun_Man]

mdma wrote:

The main differences are:

No support for Smartlink Winmodems under 64bit
No support for NDISWrapper for Broadcom wireless under 64bit
No support for ATI Radeon Hardware 3D under 64bit, though NVIDIA Hardware 3d is fine.

Other than that, there isn't much else of note.

SUSE is a very fine distro, mainly due to YAST being an excellent config tool.

I wasn't aware of those, I have a Nvidia 6800GT so I should be fine there, I knew that flash doesn't work on 64 bit, and the Win 32 codecs for Mplayer don't work, but didn't know about those.

Cajun_Man wrote:

mdma wrote:

The main differences are:

No support for Smartlink Winmodems under 64bit
No support for NDISWrapper for Broadcom wireless under 64bit
No support for ATI Radeon Hardware 3D under 64bit, though NVIDIA Hardware 3d is fine.

Other than that, there isn't much else of note.

SUSE is a very fine distro, mainly due to YAST being an excellent config tool.

I wasn't aware of those, I have a Nvidia 6800GT so I should be fine there, I knew that flash doesn't work on 64 bit, and the Win 32 codecs for Mplayer don't work, but didn't know about those.

They are closed source drivers you see, so until the vendors write 64bit drivers we are stuffed.

There is a way of getting the smartlink modem to work but it's a PITA todo unless you are comfortable with a compiler.

You can use the ALSA driver for the i810 soundcard combined with the 32bit userland part of the smlink driver, to make the modem work on 64bit kernel.

[TheMagicM]

works great!  Thats what it was..I was installing it on the 64-bit side..

[Cajun_Man]

What's confusing to me is I've read that the 64 bit version of Gentoo will only run things made in 64 bit, and can't run 32bit stuff.

Yet on the SuSE site, I was reading up on the AMD64 version and it mentions not only running 64bit but can run 32bit as well.

Makes me wonder if that is the case will I be able to use Flash with Firefox or not.  I'd imagine I'd need the 32 bit Firefox to be able to use the 32bit Flash plugin.  

Cajun_Man wrote:
What's confusing to me is I've read that the 64 bit version of Gentoo will only run things made in 64 bit, and can't run 32bit stuff.

Yet on the SuSE site, I was reading up on the AMD64 version and it mentions not only running 64bit but can run 32bit as well.

Makes me wonder if that is the case will I be able to use Flash with Firefox or not.  I'd imagine I'd need the 32 bit Firefox to be able to use the 32bit Flash plugin.  

Where did you read that bollox?

I run gentoo amd64 on this very laptop i'm typing on and it runs the 32bit flash plugins with no problems.