Webcam on Kubuntu 64 and 32

[Matt Graham]

After a long battle with technology, wayne wrote:
[much snippage]
> While on this subject - I notice that 32bit apps return a "Wrong
> Architecture" error when I try to install them. 64 bit processors
> normally WILL run 32 bit goodies, at least I always thought so. Since
> I've switched from the 32 to 64 bit version of Kubuntu, I see alot of
> compatibility issues like the one I currently have. Is there something I
> am missing?

You have to install the compatability and emulation libs for 32-bit apps.  I 
don't know what they're called on Ubuntu.  Gentoo installs them by default; 
other distros can be ... less good in that regard.  I don't know why this is 
so, but it's sure there.

Currently, there's no benefit and a number of drawbacks to using x86_64, 
unless you're using something that needs to malloc() more than 4G of RAM.  
That's why I'm still using i686 on my desktop.

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