7.10 version does not support some 7.04 programs

I apologize if i offend you, but since there are so many newbies which don't know a thing of computing, I am going to ask you: Are u sure you downloaded the right iso image?

Because there is no "PC version". There is a desktop cd and an alternate cd. The alternate is for pcs with less than 256mb of ram, witch makes it difficult to install the system through a graphical installer. The desktop CD is the live-cd with graphical installer.

than, there is one desktop and one alternate iso image for each architecture. Your computer is a i386 one. Haven't you downloaded an amd64 alternate iso image?

Thanks for the response Kemel, no offense taken. I am,
however, a fairly experienced PC user dating back to
the days of DOS and 8086 PCs.
The 7.10 Live CDs I received came from Canonical
registered at the Isle of Man in Europe. They sent me
two CDs, a red one labeled for PCs and a yellow one
labeled for 64-bit PCs. I tried installing the 64-bit
version but I got an error message stating that my
computer could not support it. So I installed the
plain PC version which stated it was for x86 systems,
including Intel Pentium and AMD Athlon. My CPU is an
Intel Celeron 470MHz. The previous version 7.04 I got
from a US distributor and stated it was for 32-bit
systems and that works fine with my computer.
I hope this clarifies things for you and that you have
an answer, otherwise please let me know if you need
additional info.
Thanks,
John Antoniadis

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How do you try to install GParted (using which program), and what exactly is the error message?

Hi Jan,
thanks for the response.
I try installing Gparted(and other programs that load
fine under my current 32-bit 7.04 version) through the
Synaptic Package Manager. When I try to do that I get
the message: "Your version (i386) does not support
this program or your provider decided not to make it
available in this version"
I hope this helps.
Thanks again,
John

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Do you still have this problem after updating the package list in Synaptic?

Yes, even after updating through Synaptics I still
have the problem

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Dear John,

this is a very strange problem, because there should be no problem if you were using the right architecture for your machine. The good answer is that your machine is definitively a 32 bits one.

Well, i would say that your source list maybe pointing to some 64 bits repositories. Go to http://www.ubuntu-nl.org/source-o-matic/ and generate a new one. Erase the old content on /etc/apt/sources.list and paste the result on your old source list file:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update

try to install gparted...

If this doesn't help I'll assume it must be some problem with the cd you installed. Go to the ubuntu web site and download the Ubuntu alternate x86 cd, burn it and install.

Let me know if any worked.

Hi Kemel,
Thank you so much for your continued interest in my
strange problem. These are some really good
suggestions, especially the one concerning the
appropriate program repository. I will eventually try
it. But, for now, I think I will stick to my proven
and very stable 7.04 release.
Thanks, John

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