<div dir="ltr">Thank you Joseph, that is exactly what I wanted to know. If I had been clearer asking the question I might have gotten this kind of answer the first day. My bad!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Joseph Sinclair <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug-discussion@stcaz.net" target="_blank">plug-discussion@stcaz.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Assuming that you don't already have a /usr/lib64, and you're running a 64-bit arch or don't mind letting 64-bit code think you are, it shouldn't be an issue.<br>
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What you're doing is creating a link for code that looks specifically for 64-bit libraries to point them at the default library directory. Some code that *really* wants to only run 64-bit may be confused and crash, but the main system, kernel, and core libraries shouldn't have any issues.<br>
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Most likely (this is speculation, though, having not investigated this particular issue) there's a bug in the Unity system where it's assuming that only 64-bit architectures exist (bad Ubuntu, bad bad Ubuntu), and has linked specifically to the lib64 libraries, even when compiled for i686.<br>
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Note, if it somehow causes a problem, merely removing the link would "fix" the problem; something easily done from the recovery console of Grub2.<br>
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All-in-all this seems pretty safe.<br>
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Hopefully that helps to clarify the effects of creating that particular link.<br>
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On 07/24/2013 08:52 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:<br>
> I already did the research. I was more referring to the fact that I have<br>
> no clue as to the impact of making that link. Sorry, I should heve been<br>
> clearer in my question.<br>
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> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:28 PM, <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> That instruction is creating a soft link that by all accounts should be<br>
>> already there.<br>
>> It is harmless as it is. but you should:<br>
>> man ln<br>
>> and investigate the options for you own sanity.<br>
>> Free advice, can't sue me... :)<br>
>> ET<br>
>><br>
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>> Dazed_75 writes:<br>
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>>> I am having some troubles with Ubuntu 12.04.2. After some upgrade (maybe<br>
>>> to catalyst13), unity no longer runs. I have tried many fixes with no<br>
>>> luck. I actually ran Cinnamon for several weeks, then discovered that<br>
>>> Unity 2D works but has unfortunate appearance issues. The I found:<br>
</div>>>> <a href="http://xpressrazor.wordpress." target="_blank">http://xpressrazor.wordpress.</a>**com/2013/07/22/install-**<br>
>>> catalyst-driver-in-ubuntu-12-**04-2/<<a href="http://xpressrazor.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/install-catalyst-driver-in-ubuntu-12-04-2/" target="_blank">http://xpressrazor.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/install-catalyst-driver-in-ubuntu-12-04-2/</a>><br>
<div class="im">>>> but there is a step that makes me worry:<br>
>>> cd /usr ; sudo ln -svT lib /usr/lib64<br>
>>> Should I be concerned about that?<br>
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