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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Florian Philipp |
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<lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net> wrote: |
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> Am 09.12.2010 16:02, schrieb Mark Knecht: |
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>> Related to Dale's new machine/Gentoo 64-bit questions one other thing |
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>> popped into my frazzled mind this morning that I've been meaning to |
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>> ask. |
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>> Sometime ago Flash for 64-bit was masked due to 64-bit security |
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>> issues. I started using Firefox-bin and the 32-bit version of Flash. |
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>> (At least that's the way I understand what's getting emerged. I don't |
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>> much care. It works...) |
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>> Anyway, what's the status of all of that? It seems Duncan maybe has a |
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>> workable Flash plugin for his browser. What's state of the art these |
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>> days for either multi-lib or 64-bit only systems? |
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>> Thanks, |
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>> Mark |
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> As I've written in Dale's thread, it depends on the version. The |
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> currently stable one (10.1.102.64) is 32bit-only. The next higher |
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> (10.2.161.23_pre20100927) is also available for amd64. You can just look |
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> at the build files. One contains instructions about 64bit versions in |
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> the first few lines, the other always downloads an "i386.rpm". |
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> Nevertheless, the current stable version works with 64bit Firefox and |
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> nspluginwrapper. |
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Thanks Florian. I've installed Firefox, nspluginwrapper and |
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adobe-flash-10.2.161.23_pre20101117. It seems to be working. I guess |
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it's 64-bit. My needs aren't very high. Mostly it's for listening to |
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radio from places like NPR, etc., but I like to have Flash installed |
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so that web sites that depend on it don't complain at me. |
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I'll look into other flash compatible players one of these days but no |
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time right now. |
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Thanks for the info! |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |