Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-19 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Wednesday 19 March 2008, 16:54, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:20:16 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > > Flash would be nice now. For some people it does work fine, but for > > others this still is not the case it seems. Using firefox-bin or > > wine might be workarounds, but I would

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:20:16 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > Flash would be nice now. For some people it does work fine, but for > others this still is not the case it seems. Using firefox-bin or wine > might be workarounds, but I would not like that much - I like to use > konqueror. Most flash wor

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-19 Thread Alex Schuster
Neil Bothwick writes: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:20:39 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > > Next thing I would never have thought of: the root file system was too > > small. I made it 500 MB bis, as /usr, /var, /opt, /tmp and /home are on > > LVM. A little small because of /root/.ccache, but I usually sy

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-18 Thread Hal Martin
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:20:39 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > > >> Next thing I would never have thought of: the root file system was too >> small. I made it 500 MB bis, as /usr, /var, /opt, /tmp and /home are on >> LVM. A little small because of /root/.ccache, but I usuall

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:20:39 +0100, Alex Schuster wrote: > Next thing I would never have thought of: the root file system was too > small. I made it 500 MB bis, as /usr, /var, /opt, /tmp and /home are on > LVM. A little small because of /root/.ccache, but I usually symlink > that to somewhere el

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-18 Thread Benjamen R. Meyer
Alex Schuster wrote: Anthony E. Caudel wrote: I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other compromises (admittedly some minor)

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-03-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got > it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if > it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other > compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I s

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Steve Buzonas
> I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if > it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other > compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I should see some speed > increase but probably only in certain areas such as compiling. > I just switched

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Juul Spies
Jan Seeger schreef: Yeah, it seems nspluginwrapper works better now. The time I tried it, it just crashed with a segfault and did nothing. But installing it again, it seems to work. Thanks for your suggestion^^ I have used it before but because of some strange crashes. After that I've never

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Jan Seeger wrote: > Yeah, it seems nspluginwrapper works better now. The time I tried it, it > just crashed with a segfault and did nothing. But installing it again, it > seems to work. Thanks for your suggestion^^ -- > thenybble.de/blog/ -- four bits at a time I on

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Jan Seeger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 06. Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann spammed my inbox with > On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Jan Seeger wrote: > > On Wed, 06. Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann spammed my inbox with > > > > > > > not needed anymore either. flash does work in the 'normal' fir

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Jan Seeger wrote: > On Wed, 06. Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann spammed my inbox with > > > > not needed anymore either. flash does work in the 'normal' firefox just > > fine. > > Come again? I would be very glad to finally ditch the binary firefox, but > using nspluginwrap

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 3:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > > On Feb 6, 2008 2:22 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Jan Seeger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 06. Feb, Volker Armin Hemmann spammed my inbox with > not needed anymore either. flash does work in the 'normal' firefox just fine. Come again? I would be very glad to finally ditch the binary firefox, but using nspluginwrapper didn't work.

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Feb 6, 2008 3:03 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008 2:22 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > > > [1] http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/ > > > > By the way, *right now* I'm us

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Feb 6, 2008 2:22 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > > [1] http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/ > > By the way, *right now* I'm using Firefox in 64 bits, because YouTube > now works with swfdec. emm, 'normal' flash

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008, Anthony E. Caudel wrote: > I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got > it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if > it's worth the trouble with multilib which trouble? > , chroot'ing, never needed. > firefox

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Juul Spies
Anthony E. Caudel schreef: I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I should

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Feb 6, 2008 2:22 AM, Canek Peláez Valdés <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > [1] http://swfdec.freedesktop.org/ By the way, *right now* I'm using Firefox in 64 bits, because YouTube now works with swfdec. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM

Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-06 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Feb 6, 2008 1:28 AM, Anthony E. Caudel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > So, for those users who have used both, is it worth it overall? I've been using amd64 two years now, and the only 32 bit applications that *I* use are firefox-bin and mplayer-bin. With swfdec[1] getting better and better,

[gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64

2008-02-05 Thread Anthony E. Caudel
I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I should see some speed increase but