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On Saturday 29 October 2005 16:56, Dmitri Pogosyan wrote: |
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> You don't need anything, but emulation libraries installed to RUN |
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> precompiled 32 bit apps. More footwork is needed only if you want to |
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> compile 32 bit apps yourself. |
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The problem with most properiaty linux games is that they check for what |
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architecture you are running. If it isn't x86 they say "Sorry, you can't use |
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it." I think that linux32 fools the program into thinking that it is being |
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run on a x86 machine and not a x86_64 machine. Am I right? |
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> > What usually works better for installing x86 programs, linux32 or |
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> > creating a chroot 32 environment? |
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> > I am guessing it is a bit of both. |
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> > My main goal is to get some of my old Loki games running. |
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> > Using the linux32 command I have had success with... |
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> > -Railroad Tycoon and patches, needed the patches to start |
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> > -Alpha Centauri, though the patch will not install, the game starts |
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> > -SimCity 3000 is kicking me hard, it installs, but not completely, seems |
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> > to be missing some files, including the executable. Patch has problems |
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> > because it cant find all the needed files of the install. |
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> > -and a few other games I have yet to try. |
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> > So would a chroot environment perhaps help with the problem apps? |
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> > I am sure I am not the first on this path, so how have some you done who |
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> > have tried these games? |
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> > Thanks |
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> > Sean |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-amd64@g.o mailing list |
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> Dmitri Pogosyan Department of Physics |
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> Associate Professor University of Alberta |
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> tel 1-780-492-2150 412 Avadh Bhatia Physics Labs |
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> fax 1-780-492-0714 Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J1, CANADA |
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