I run amd64 on two computers, a desktop and a laptop. On the laptop, I installed Fiesty Fawn Ubuntu a couple months ago and I managed to install Flash 9 (beta) without nspluginwrapper or chroot. To be precise, I think I downloaded Flash 9 from Adobe, unzipped it, and dropped the files in Firefox's plugins directory. I don't know why, it just worked.
In my experience ATI drivers are a PITA no matter what you're running; they work fine for me in amd64 (once installed). - Jason L. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Miller > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:54 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] amd64 or x86? > > nicolas vigier wrote: > > > I'm using x86_64 on my desktop computer and it works fine. > Except for > > flash plugin, which doesn't work in 32bits. For this you can use > > nspluginwrapper which lets you use 32bits plugins with > 64bits firefox : > > http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/ > > However it is not 100% stable yet, and sometimes it crash, > so you can > > also use a 32bits firefox which works fine. > > The Flash plugin is one issue. The other is that I've never > gotten a Java plugin to work for amd64. > > When Gutsy releases, I'll reformat this laptop to x86. That > should be good for a couple of days of lost productivity... :-( > > Meanwhile, anyone using the avivo X driver? (open source > driver for recent ATI video chips/cards) I've tried it. It > works well for the main display but I can't get my external > monitor to light up. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
