32/64 bit

[Mario Andes]

The printer is a Brother monochrome laser.
Brother suggests to force dpkg to install the package despite of the wrong
system architecture. I don't like that idea. One don't know in which  
moments
the software will crash!

mario

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:59:12 +0200, Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:

> On 06/03/2010 08:43 PM, Mario Andes wrote:
>>
>> Hallo folks,
>>
>> Lucid Lynx works fine on my Thinkpad T61. Currently using 2 cores.
>> My problem is the printer driver which don't support 64bit and it's
>> important for me.
>>
>> Is it possible, to switch the whole system globally from 64bit to 32bit?
>> The installed software will not work with only 1 core.
>> Is it possible, to do a system update after switching to 1 core withthe
>> repair action of the ISO?
>>
>> mario
>>
>>
>
> Convert from 64bit to 32bit means a completely new
> installation. But you can continue to use your data, if this
> is located on separated partitions.
>
>
> Which printer and driver are you trying to use?
>
> Maybe you can compile the driver for 64bit?
>
> Kind regards
> Eberhard
>
>


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