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syltman

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Registered: 2010-06-12

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Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

Heya, I'm trying to install the latest nvidia linux x64 driver which is 256.35 for me, when I try to run the file it tells me that I'm running x86 which I don't believe I do. Typing 'arch' in the terminal returns i686.

Foucault

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

Well, if you were running x86_64 it should have returned "x86_64".

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SanskritFritz

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

It is possible to install a 32 bit OS on a 64bit CPU architecture. I've done it too.

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Cerebral

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

Heya, I'm trying to install the latest nvidia linux x64 driver which is 256.35 for me, when I try to run the file it tells me that I'm running x86 which I don't believe I do. Typing 'arch' in the terminal returns i686.

x86 is 32-bit, which is what you should expect for the i686 version of Arch.

x86_64 is 64-bit, which is what you should expect for the 64-bit version of Arch.

syltman

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

I know this but I wonder why it tells me I'm not running i686 when I am.

hokasch

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

re-read that last post

edit: also have a look at nvidia-beta in aur

Last edited by hokasch (2010-06-22 17:23:04)

Cerebral

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

You're running a set of packages optimized for the i686 instruction set of the x86 architecture.    You _are_ running x86.   It's simply the packages that are built for the i686 instruction set.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686

The nvidia installer doesn't have any concept of which instruction set your system is optimized for - you're running an x86 machine, so that's why it outputs 'x86'.

syltman

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Re: Nvidia tells me I'm running x86

You're running a set of packages optimized for the i686 instruction set of the x86 architecture.    You _are_ running x86.   It's simply the packages that are built for the i686 instruction set.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686

The nvidia installer doesn't have any concept of which instruction set your system is optimized for - you're running an x86 machine, so that's why it outputs 'x86'.

Hmm alright