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2007/11/12, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>: |
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> On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> <SNIP> |
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> > the system configs are normal too.... the only thing that i can advise |
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> you |
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> > to do is try the mozilla-firefox instead of mozilla-firefox-bin. don't |
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> > uninstall the bin since it can coexhist with the non bin package.... try |
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> > that (some hours of compilation) and see what it does. |
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> Humm....mozilla-firefox hasn't been much of an option for me in the |
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> past. Too many problems with web-based media not playing without all |
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> the wincodecs stuff. Maybe this has improved? I've used firefox-bin |
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> really to get Flash, Java and wincodecs. I don't care which one I use. |
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> I just want a good user experience when I'm browsing around and run |
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> into something interesting. |
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the only stuff on amd64 that needs some more things to do is: |
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1. firefox 32 bit plugins |
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2. win32codecs. |
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at the end of the email i'll tell you how to install them and make them work |
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flawlessly. |
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I really only run the AMD64 version of Gentoo because a few years ago |
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> when I bought this system it seemed like an interesting thing to try |
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> out and at the time I had a Linux laptop running 32-bit Gentoo in case |
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> I ran into problems. Then a guy on the web found me and wanted to buy |
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> my 2 year old laptop for more than I paid for it (he wanted a backup |
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> machine) so I sold it and no longer have that backup. |
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> As an everyday, normal desktop user-type I really don't know that |
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> running 64bit Gentoo offers me any advantages and has shown to have |
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> significant disadvantages, at least the way I build the comparison |
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> list. I wonder in what usage model do people here see a measurable |
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> advantage running 64-bit over 32-bit Gentoo? |
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it depends. for example i like to have the software that runs on my machine |
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to use all of its capabilities. |
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I've stuck with it for a long time, and I hate to give up, but maybe |
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> it's time to just pack it in and rebuild the machine. |
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> I'll keep poking around at this. |
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for win32codecs you just have to emerge the win32codecs and you've done. |
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there's really no other real thing to do. |
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for the mediaplayer plugin install mplayer + mplayer-plugin and you'll have |
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firefox run it without issues. mplayer is also useful for some videos that |
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xine plays in the wrong way (mainly h264 with ac3 that has some issues with |
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the subtitles and mplayer doesn't). |
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install mozilla-firefox (not bin). |
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as for java and firefox: install emul-linux-java (that you already have) |
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for flash and firefox: install netscape-flash and nspluginwrapper and then |
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do: |
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nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so |
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restart your mozilla-firefox (not the bin version). and you should be able |
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to run flash, java, mediaplayer plugins on firefox amd64. |
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if you still have problems just ask. |
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