[midlandman]

Hi, it's the newbie here again with another dumb question...
I'm trying to DL Automatrix and it looks like I have to choose between 386 and AMD 64.
Which one do I choose? I looked around my admin area and "About Ubuntu" and couldn't find anything there to tell me what I need.
Any help would be appreciated.
As a side note, the only reason I'm trying to DL this is to play MP3s. The MP I have doesn't seem to support this and I can't seem to find the codecs for it.
Thanks.

[jrbuergel]

That is based on what proccessor type is in your PC, and is it 32 or 64 bit, Intel or AMD? So since you have a pentium 4, choose the 386 platform.

[vtel57]

In terminal, you can use the following commands:

uname -a

Your output of this command will be something like this:

Linux ericsbane03 2.6.17.13 #1 Sat Sep 9 01:11:49 CDT 2006 i686 athlon-4 i386 GNU/Linux

*Note: This is output from my system.

cat /etc/*-release

This will give you output that tells you what distribution and version of Linux you're running.

Slackware 11.0.0

*Note: Again... output from my system.

Oh, and as root in terminal:

lshw

This will give you a complete output of your system's hardware, including the microprocessor, which is what you're interested in most. That way you can see if it's 32 or 64 bit. In Ubuntu, you can run this command in terminal as sudo.

Luck!

[midlandman]

OK, I did the codes vt suggested and something seems strange. The one code came up with AMD64. Isn't that an AMD proccessor? If thats what it means, then it's weird, because I use Intel.
I looked in my device manager and it even says -PCI Bridge>Intel...USB UHCI>Intel.
Am I wrong on this?

[midlandman]

And 1 more thing...how do I get out of this after I get the info I need? The only way I can get back to my desktop is to hit the reset.
Thanks!

[vtel57]

Can you post your output here, so we can see it. That would help.

Also, if you're entering those commands in the terminal (Gnome Terminal), just close the terminal when you're done.

[midlandman]

Linux rick-desktop 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 13 20:51:52 UTC 2007 x86_64 GNU/Linux


WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
rick-desktop
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 1015MB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 2400MHz
capacity: 2400MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp 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 syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm cpufreq
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: fe800000
bus info: pci@00:00.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: iomemory:fe800000-febfffff
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@00:02.0
version: 02
size: 128MB
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list
resources: iomemory:f0000000-f7ffffff iomemory:ff280000-ff2fffff ioport:ec00-ec07 irq:185
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:dc00-dc1f irq:185
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@2
logical name: usb2
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb
description: Human interface device
product: WingMan Action Pad
vendor: Logitech
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
version: 0.60
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=usbhid maxpower=30mA speed=1.5MB/s
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:e000-e01f irq:193
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3
logical name: usb3
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb
description: Generic USB device
product: SIIG MobileCam
vendor: IC Media Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@3:1
version: 0.01
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=spca5xx maxpower=100mA speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:e400-e41f irq:169
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@4
logical name: usb4
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb UNCLAIMED
description: Generic USB device
product: CanoScan
vendor: Canon
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@4:2
version: 1.00
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: maxpower=500mA speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd
resources: ioport:e800-e81f irq:185
*-usbhost
product: UHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic uhci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@5
logical name: usb5
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-1.10
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd
resources: iomemory:ff27fc00-ff27ffff irq:177
*-usbhost
product: EHCI Host Controller
vendor: Linux 2.6.15-28-amd64-generic ehci_hcd
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1
logical name: usb1
version: 2.06
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=8 speed=480.0MB/s
*-pci
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@00:1e.0
version: c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@01:05.0
logical name: eth0
version: 10
serial: 00:19:66:11:a6:65
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=8139too ip=192.168.10.9 multicast=yes
resources: ioport:b800-b8ff iomemory:ff0ffc00-ff0ffcff irq:209
*-isa UNCLAIMED
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@00:1f.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=PIIX_IDE
resources: ioport:fc00-fc0f iomemory:40000000-400003ff irq:169
*-ide:0
description: IDE Channel 0
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0
logical name: ide0
clock: 33MHz
*-disk
product: Maxtor 6B250R0
vendor: Maxtor
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@0.0
logical name: /dev/hda
capacity: 233GB
*-ide:1
description: IDE Channel 1
physical id: 1
bus info: ide@1
logical name: ide1
clock: 33MHz
*-cdrom
product: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4040B
physical id: 0
bus info: ide@1.0
logical name: /dev/hdc
capacity: 4388MB
capabilities: packet
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
resources: ioport:400-41f irq:5
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=Intel ICH
resources: ioport:d800-d8ff ioport:d400-d43f iomemory:ff27f800-ff27f9ff iomemory:ff27f400-ff27f4ff irq:201

[vtel57]

OK, for starters... you're running a 32bit Intel platform, but you have the 64 bit AMD version of Ubuntu installed. I would wipe it clean. Go download the proper version of Ubuntu and then install fresh.

[midlandman]

Thanks for everything Vtel. I'm not sure how that happened, but I'll take your advise and format and install the new Ubuntu when it comes out tomorrow.
I appreciate the help.

[vtel57]

It's a little bit of extra trouble to have to redo everything, but believe me, it's the best way. You'll get a fresh new start with the proper installation. Don't sweat it... if you're relatively new to Linux, expect to trash your system and have to reinstall at least a couple times before you get it right.

I'm DEFINITELY speaking from experience. HAHA!