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"Mark Knecht" <markknecht@×××××.com> posted |
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5bdc1c8b0612221103r68621369h7bc2cb19da0e246a@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:03:36 -0800: |
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> Is it possible to make all 3 of these technologies work in a single |
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> browser on AMD64? |
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> 1) Java |
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> 2) Flash |
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> 3) 32-bit streaming media? |
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> It seems that if I run firefox-bin I get most Flash and streaming |
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> media, or at least as much as I think I need. However I definitely do |
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> not get Java. |
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> It seems that if I run firefox compiled for 64-bit then Flash |
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> doesn't work and I don't think all Java does either, or at least on my |
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> system. |
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Assuming you are willing to run unfree binaries as it seems you are (I'm |
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not), you need 32-bit firefox, which as you said then allows you to load |
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32-bit flash and etc. |
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The problem you had with Java is likely because you have a 64-bit Java |
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installed. You'll need a 32-bit Java installed. Again, while Sun as |
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announced the GPLing of Java, to my knowledge it's not yet available as |
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free software so I won't run it (I've honestly not had reason to try kaffe |
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and the like), so I can't help you with the details, but it's possible |
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there's a 32-bit binary version of it you can merge. |
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The other problem with Java I've seen mentioned is that it sometimes can't |
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find the appropriate bitness version, so you have to point it at the |
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correct location. That is said to work, but again, I don't have the |
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details, so you'll need to get them from others. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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