Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@×××××××××××.at>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - Firefox, flash, java, mplayer and more....
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:52:17
Message-Id: 43972EA8.8010801@getdesigned.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - Firefox, flash, java, mplayer and more.... by Brett Johnson
1 Brett Johnson wrote:
2
3 >When the actual 32 bit X app starts up, it will use sockets to talk
4 >directly to your 64 bit X server.
5 >
6 >This is the same as starting a X application on a remote system with X
7 >forwarding. The actual code is executed on the remote system (what ever
8 >the platform is) and the display is sent of the network and displayed on
9 >your local X server.
10 >
11 >
12 Does that mean that shared memory communication (e.g. Xv, I think)
13 doesn't work across the bit barrier?
14
15 Sebastian Redl
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