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 symlink

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 works

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 not

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

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

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 else.

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 usually

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,

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

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-bin

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 does 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 using Firefox in 64

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: [...] [1]

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 snip 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

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 snip 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

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 snip not needed anymore either. flash does work in the 'normal' firefox

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 only

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

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

[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