Yeah, I'm in the same situation on my MBP - set the flags and did the 6/4 trick to no avail.
I suspect that might change in the future, but in any case, not really worried. I apologize, was not meaning to preach to the choir on this one. Anyway, I digress - back to MacVim stuff! - Tyson On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:50 PM, orestis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Tyson, > > Yes i am aware of this as some of the apps already run at 64bit mode. > What I am saying is that apple decided to turn off 64bit mode on > macbooks completely. > > So even if i change the boot flags as stated here (http://netkas.org/? > p=127 <http://netkas.org/?%0Ap=127>) > or holding down the keys "6" and "4" during boot, i always get into > 32bit mode. > > What i was thinking was that the automated build process might had a > bug into > picking the right libraries / paths and so on, as the configure script > uses uname to get information about the system... > > However, as it seems the problem was due to a modified icon. (thanks > Nico). > > On Oct 3, 11:20 am, Tyson Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > From what I understand, the 32 bit kernel should not affect anything, > > really. None of the stuff that touches external apps (including 64 bit > > libraries/apps) is affected by whether the kernel is running in 32/64 > bit. > > The 32 bit kernel supports 64 bit apps without change. > > > > Also, it's not just the MBs that are affected - almost all models (with > the > > exception of some of their servers) boot into 32 bit kernel by default, > > mostly out of respect for the fact that most 3rd parties haven't written > 64 > > bit drivers yet. > > > > Tyson > > > > > > By the way, i don't know if this affects anything (probably not), but > > > > > i am running the Snow Leopard kernel in 32bit mode. > > > > > > I guess you could try starting in 64 bit mode and see if it makes any > > > > difference...? > > > > > > I'm afraid I don't know what the problem is: lets hope Nico has an > > > idea...Nico? > > > > > > Björn > > > > > I tried to boot in 64bit mode, but i could not get it working. > > > From what i've read, it seems that apple decided to prevent macbooks > > > (not pros) from booting into 64bit mode. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
