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 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 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. - Thomas Jefferson