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On 9/5/06, Thomas T. Veldhouse <veldy@×××××.net> wrote: |
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> Can anybody on this list indicate what kind of stability they have seen |
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> with AMD64 systems using Gentoo (the AMD 64-bit binaries)? How about |
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> the majority of ports in the portage tree? |
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> I realize this question will solicit relatively subjective responses, |
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> but I am interested in them all. |
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> Thanks in advance, |
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> Tom Veldhouse |
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Good topic! |
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My experience has not been that good. I am running Gentoo amd64 on a |
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dual core AMD 4200 with an Nvidia video card. |
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I run a stable system with just a few "keyword-ed" packages. My |
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display manager is KDE. |
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The system locks ramdomly and I cannot even ssh to it from another |
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box. It dies, and the logs do not show anything that can give me a |
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clue. |
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I found some posts in the nvidia forums about stability problems on |
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this platform and I have followed the suggested workarounds with no |
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success... |
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I guess that there are some unresolved issues with the amd64 + kernel |
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+ nvidia video card combination. |
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Right now, I am in the process of changing my profile to the new |
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2006.1/desktop and configuring the system to use GCC 4.1 and after |
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that I am going to go ~amd64. |
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Let's see how that works. |
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Regards, |
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- AR |
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