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On Saturday 02 October 2004 18:48, Alex D'Elia wrote:
> pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xc800-0xc8ff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0
> pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> pcm0: <Analog Devices AD1980 AC97 Codec>

That's good.

>
> now one last issue for me, is the Linux compatibility, but I think
> that must be a problem, as it seems that the emulation works
> only for i386 archs ! mhh !!

Yes, that's the issue with linux compatibility on amd64..
It seems like you'll be using computer as desktop, so I would suggest that you 
switch to 32bit mode - it will be still (almost) as fast as in 64bit - and 
install i386 distribution. That way you will have much less issues with 
emulation/multimedia.

I'm using my amd64 server solely as dedicated SQL server, so 64bit mode is not 
issue for me, but only a gain in speed.

> Regards,
> alex

regards,
M.