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.
> >
>

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