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Am 09.12.2010 10:33, schrieb Duncan: |
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> Dale posted on Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:21:53 -0600 as excerpted: |
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>> Alex Schuster wrote: |
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>>> If you are running databases like mysql, you need to export the |
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>>> databases and import them later. This is because they are in binary |
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>>> format, and the datatypes are different in x86 and amd64 world. |
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>> I don't have anything that I generated anyway. I have something |
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>> installed that KDE pulled in if I recall correctly. I'll let KDE start |
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>> off fresh tho. |
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>> This does bring me to another thought tho. Would I be able to copy my |
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>> /home directory over from a x86 system? I'm thinking I would but want |
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>> to make sure. |
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> In general, the same /home should be fine, 32-bit or 64-bit. |
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> However, kde4 uses a database for akonadi. With older versions (thru 4.3 |
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> at least), it was mysql by default. |
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Same issue with Amarok. |
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> I wasn't aware of a 32/64 mysql database incompatibility, but assuming |
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> Alex is correct, you might experience issues with that mysql/akonadi |
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> dependency, if you're still using an older kde or if you migrate the same |
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> home (with the mysql config) over. But as long as you either don't use |
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> akonadi (with 4.4/4.5 it's used for the address book but not for kmail |
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> itself; I don't know about kopete/etc as I don't do IRC/IM), or already |
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> have it configured for the sqlite backend, and aren't using mysql for |
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> anything else, you should be fine. |
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So sqlite does not have any compatibility issues? I tried searching for |
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it for a moment but could not find anything so I guess, no. If it has |
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issues, you also have to think about the sqlite database in Firefox, |
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Seamonkey etc. |
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