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On 12/29/06, Wil Reichert <wil.reichert@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 12/29/06, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss03@××××××××××.net> posted |
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> > 200612281559.21743.bss03@××××××××××.net, excerpted below, on Thu, 28 Dec |
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> > 2006 15:59:15 -0600: |
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> > |
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> > > On Thursday 28 December 2006 10:01, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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> > > wrote about '[gentoo-amd64] Browsing speed problems - possibly flash |
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> > > related': |
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> > >> Is this a firefox-bin thing? Maybe I should build firefox from |
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> > >> source? |
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> > > |
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> > > Good luck getting flash to work if you do that. :P |
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> > |
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> > Oh, it should be no problem, as long as one is building a 32-bit firefox, |
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> > presumably in one's 32-bit chroot, following the Gentoo/amd64 32-bit |
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> > chroot guide. |
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> > Of course, if one is building a standard 64-bit firefox and expecting the |
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> > 32-bit flash shared object plugin to work in the 64-bit firefox process |
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> > address space, then one is in for a bit of disappointment, but that's only |
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> > common sense so should be expected and go without saying. =8^P |
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> 64 bit firefox & 32 bit plugins, heard of nspluginwrapper? =) WIP & |
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> I've seen varying reports of success from different people, but it |
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> works well for me. |
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> As for the web page in question, I see the exact same behaviour Mark |
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> describes on my system. Sounds more like a windows / linux thing than |
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> a 32 / 64 bit thing. Just guessing tho. |
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> |
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> Wil |
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Hi Wil, |
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I was just sort of finishing up on this topic from my end. On the |
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front page I see the same sort of slow loading behaviour on my wife's |
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32-bit Gentoo box so I tend to agree with you. Whatever it is that's |
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going on there, and I pretty sure it's a Flash process, it's just far |
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slower on Linux than Windows for me. |
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Note that if this was just Flash on the front page it would be no |
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big deal. However I think there may be additional issues around the |
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speed of Java once you log in and get inside the web site. That is |
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what really matters and it's very slow on this machine. |
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My 64-bit machine was turned off over Christmas while I traveled. |
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It's back up and the problem remains but it's not a network problem. |
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I've transferred about 27GB of data in the last three days - mostly |
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web browsing and MythTV streaming - with no dropped packets: |
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lightning ~ # ifconfig |
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:3E:14:6A |
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inet addr:192.168.1.56 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 |
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inet6 addr: fe80::213:d4ff:fe3e:146a/64 Scope:Link |
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UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 |
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RX packets:19784419 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 |
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TX packets:10307909 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 |
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collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 |
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RX bytes:26968563236 (25719.2 Mb) TX bytes:721444417 (688.0 Mb) |
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Interrupt:23 Base address:0x2000 |
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All of this leads me to once again consider either downgrading to |
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32-bit or trying to run a 32-bit chroot again. The chroot, while a lot |
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of work, does allow me to keep the work I do on this web site sort of |
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self contained which wouldn't be bad. The problem is that I see |
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'leakage' between the two environments while running Firefox which |
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worries me. Which ever environment I start Firefox in first is the |
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environment that provides bookmarks for both sides. That leads me to |
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not trust the chroot thing completely, but maybe with some study I |
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could get that fixed. |
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Anyway, thanks much for reporting back. At least it's good to know |
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it's not just my machine. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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