-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 14 September 2009, Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> was heard to say: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 05:51:13PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > > I've got Lenny, and I'm trying out the precompiled 2.6.26-amd64 > > kernel, but not the 64bit install. > > I don't understand. Could you explain?
Sure. I didn't install for the AMD64 architecture. I installed the x86 architecture, even though I have a new gnarly PhenomII system, because I am unsure that all the various 64-bit issues have been solved. I'm not interested in creating 32-bit environments in order to run, for example, Google Earth, which I remember there being problems with on 64-bit systems some time ago. Just like I use KDE-3 rather than KDE4, to give the system time to mature. However, Debian packages a kernel build, in the x86 repository, of a kernel compiled with optimizations for the AMD-64 CPU, just as there is a 686 and 486 optimized kernel package. I can actually tell the difference with the AMD-64 kernel, the KDM login is reached faster than with the 686 kernel. But... > > VirtualBox is the only application I've found a problem with. > > When running the 2.6.26-686 kernel, everything runs fine. > > I'm using Lenny with the 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel, and VirtualBox > works fine. After installation, and running "m-a a-i > virtualbox-ose", a deb file gets created in /usr/src. I don't know > for sure if you are required to "dpkg -i" that deb file, but I > think I did. > > -Rob No, that's what the "a-i" part does, it's short for "auto-install". However, I'm not using the -OSE build, I'm using the free-for-personal-use Enterprise build directly from VirtualBox. I'm not surprised that the -OSE works just fine, the Debian developers are in no way credited with the true quality and sheer VOLUME of their work. I guess I'll open a bug report on VB.com and see what happens. Curt- - -- The Magistrate, enrobed in taxes, condemns the thief in stolen rags. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSq/Y/i9Y35yItIgBAQIPdQf9ERSEranYIs40decl+ysFisezG0vzp7EE EZsVDEMls+3sBw/GCB1/nRI0IWfgqatG86xTpcK93c/a2HDlv31XoPsYXxTOYcDu KAZe+u61DoWkRvMT2nFDGnK1EF487BWLKL3SuJ0melmjUrNLSNoFwRLSkThfVISM pLzQ3Img6AM8O338DRxNicBYmuY7lgXPKN7GRTuiTtpbT2dIJhQiKQJNq8JS+EEf 8o5MWMXaniVkVtXiC8SHRXTN9A8EYcVQUtMt7eoChw0G3339jYfsyMxqcC6SeUx+ 7U3kUWV5rxR1LURaa0/Ov2VrRc/lvfVqSiWxBkXJoNkvu39UiTepuA== =0XEd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
