Greetings all; One of the problems I have is architecture related, synaptic thinks for some unfathomable to me reason, that this is an i386 machine. But its not, currently running kernel 3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64, and no currently installed 32 bit application has a problem.
But now all the browser coders have thrown i386 machines under the bus, and I'm apparently stuck with the broken i386 stuff left behind. How can I convince the package managers to search for x86_64 stuff in the repos and install it. All my reload the repo databse errors point to it looking for non-existant i386 version of this or that, when obviously (to me at least) I see no valid reason for refusing to install x86_64 stuff. Or should I bite the bullet, go buy 2 new drives and do a fresh x86_64 install? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>