[Eug-lug] amd64 or x86?

[Jason LaPier]

I run amd64 on two computers, a desktop and a laptop. On the laptop, I
installed Fiesty Fawn Ubuntu a couple months ago and I managed to
install Flash 9 (beta) without nspluginwrapper or chroot. To be precise,
I think I downloaded Flash 9 from Adobe, unzipped it, and dropped the
files in Firefox's plugins directory. I don't know why, it just worked.

In my experience ATI drivers are a PITA no matter what you're running;
they work fine for me in amd64 (once installed). 

- Jason L.




> -----Original Message-----
> From: euglug-bounces at euglug.org 
> [mailto:euglug-bounces at euglug.org] On Behalf Of Bob Miller
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:54 AM
> To: euglug at euglug.org
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] amd64 or x86?
> 
> nicolas vigier wrote:
> 
> > I'm using x86_64 on my desktop computer and it works fine. 
> Except for 
> > flash plugin, which doesn't work in 32bits. For this you can use 
> > nspluginwrapper which lets you use 32bits plugins with 
> 64bits firefox :
> > http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/projects/nspluginwrapper/
> > However it is not 100% stable yet, and sometimes it crash, 
> so you can 
> > also use a 32bits firefox which works fine.
> 
> The Flash plugin is one issue.  The other is that I've never 
> gotten a Java plugin to work for amd64.
> 
> When Gutsy releases, I'll reformat this laptop to x86.  That 
> should be good for a couple of days of lost productivity... :-(
> 
> Meanwhile, anyone using the avivo X driver?  (open source 
> driver for recent ATI video chips/cards)  I've tried it.  It 
> works well for the main display but I can't get my external 
> monitor to light up.
> 
> -- 
> Bob Miller                              K<bob>
>                                         kbob at jogger-egg.com 
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