32 bit on 64 bit machine

[bearboy518]

##From old install##
dpkg --get-selections > ~/my-packages
##From New install##
sudo dpkg --set-selections < my-packages
sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

See:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=261366
for a working example.

Thanks for your reply. I did reinstall and noticed a big difference in speed (especially when going from text back to graphical) but I need to get the right video driver in It's way off and I don't want to do anything until my packages are installed. I read the link you mentioned and Both ways I am getting errors that look like this:

dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1118: xserver-xorg-video-geode
dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1120: xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-raring
dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1126: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-raring
dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1138: xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-raring
dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1152: zlib1g:i386
dpkg: warning: found unknown packages; this might mean the available database
is outdated, and needs to be updated through a frontend method

The command does not seem to be doing anything at all. Just pages of this. Does database just need to be updated? Thanks for your reply and help. It is truly appreciated. My research on the dpkg command has not yielded any information on updating a package database, or I am just dumb.

[Bashing-om]

bearboy518; Hey,

Like advised, those "dpkg: warning:" - graphics driver related -items are a result of non repository package files, as well, things you do not want in the new install (raring).
Edit the resultant "my-packages" file , or what ever name you chose for the text file - with you favorite text editor and remove those entries.

dpkg can not and does not cope with anything that is not a part of the ubuntu software management system directly.

In the new install, install the appropriate graphics driver.

a means to an end