On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 10:51:26PM +0200, Tilo Stritzky wrote: > I just got a brand new office PC, 64bit CPU. But I'm stuck with some > Apps in i386 compatibility. So I installed i386 for work. Next week I'm > going to get an USB stick and put an amd64 install on it, for play :) >
In Debian amd64 Etch (stable), there is no way to use flashplayer (a 32-bit binary plugin that requires a 32-bit browser. To use it, you have to set up a 32-bit chroot. It never has to boot, just be a complete chroot in which to run the 32-bit browser and its plug-ins. The 64-bit kernel can run 32-bit apps if they have 32-bit libraries (which they do in the 32-bit chroot). Is there no way to do this in OpenBSD for your i386 apps or will the amd64 kernel not run 32-bit apps? Note that Debian Lenny (testing) and Sid (unstable) have a plugin-wrapper that translates 32-bit calls so that 32-bit plugins can run with a 64-bit browser, removing the need for a chroot for this use. Doug.
