[GRLUG] 64-bit Linux
Michael Mol
mikemol at gmail.com
Fri May 9 16:08:54 EDT 2008
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Casey DuBois <grlugcasey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So I've got a brand-spankin-new laptop that I'd like to run Linux on.
>>> Thing is, this is my first box with a 64-bit processor. I don't yet
>>> know if I want to run Ubuntu or Gentoo, but one problem remains: Do I
>>> run 32-bit or 64-bit?
>>>
>>> I expect to do two things with my laptop: Watch video files, browse
>>> the Internet, and watch streaming video on the Internet. *Maybe* some
>>> gaming. (It's been something like six years since I've had a computer
>>> deemed appropriate for video games...)
>>>
>>> I know Flash on Linux tends to lag behind Flash on Windows, but does
>>> 64-bit Linux flash lag even further behind? I also know there were
>>> problems with getting a 64-bit Java browser plugin, but Java applets
>>> on the Internet are rare, and even Java developers don't like to admit
>>> they exist.
>>>
>>> So if I were to install a 64-bit Linux variant, what issues am I going
>>> to run into?
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hey Mike,
>> How about a breakdown of the Hardware????
>> Casey
Here it is. I happen to know that the AR242 is actually an AR5007;
Ubuntu Hardy Heron misdetects it. That's going to make Ubuntu a
little more work than normal to install.
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory
Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio
Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express
Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB
UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E)
SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8039
PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x
802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz
stepping : 13
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3
cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3461.74
clflush size : 64
processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2370 @ 1.73GHz
stepping : 13
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm
constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3
cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3458.06
clflush size : 64
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 2018 837 1180 0 87 464
-/+ buffers/cache: 284 1733
Swap: 0 0 0
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 04f2:b026 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
ubuntu at ubuntu:~$
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