How to get back to 32bit Kernel in Unbuntu

[Dazed_75]

Frankly, my advice would be to back up your data (use a Live CD if need be)
and do a clean install of a 32 bit ubuntu 9.10 (or whatever you like).  The
restore your data.  I would be surprised if there is any clean dependable
method to regress since you have little/no way to know what other 64 bit
globs were installed previously that would not work with a 32 bit kernel.

OTOH, I have been running a 64 bit ubuntu 9.10 on my Core 2 duo machine with
an nvidia 9800 GTX (or GTS, I forget) for months with no problems

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Mike Bushroe <mbushroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was having trouble with my system failing to read disk formats, USB
> flashdrives, and finally CDROMs, so I built a fresh Kernel from scratch,
> getting the source from Kernel.Org and running menuconfig. But afterwards,
> my Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT video drivers would not work. When I posted on
> Nvidia, they said that there is no support for creating a Kernel Video
> Driver Module on a 64bit kernel (AMD Athelon 64) running a 32bit user space.
> Now I am stuck with not knowing how to replace the 64 bit kernel with a new
> 32 bit Kernel. When I try booting into any of the older Kernels, it
> eventually fails, fails to establish X windows, or runs into a Kernel Panic,
> so going backwards does not seem to be an option. But when I reload a new
> Kernel and compile it, it just comes out 64 bit again. And I can not find
> anyway using the Ubuntu get software or Update procedure to get a standard
> Kernel. They only seem to offer something strange called Batman or dbd8d or
> a RAID kernel.
>
>
>    There must be some fairly straight forward to get Kernel and user space
> back in sync, I just don't seem to be able to figure it out. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Mike
>
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