AMD64-newbie Questions

patrik1982 · n00b Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 19

I'm about to install gentoo on my newly bought AMD64 computer. I have used gentoo before, but never the 64-bit version.
It seems like people are haveing problems with stuff (java, flash, firefox, and such stuff)

Why is that?
Do I have to use special 64-bit software? Can I use mplayer and stuff, just like I used to do on my old 32-bit linux?

I want everything up and running without having to spend too long time to get it working. I want:
- apache + php + mysql + python
- firefox + java + flash + acrobat + gaim + limewire + bittornado
- latex + gimp + emacs
- mplayer (will codecs work???) + xmms + k3b + alsa + cd-ripper
(I think thats the apps I use 90% of the time)

Will these apps work? Or am I better off waiting a year or so 'til 64-bit gentoo has matured and don't have 32&64-bit problems anymore?

Also, will Maple 9.5 and Matlab 7 R14 work on 64-bit gentoo?

A lot of questions. I hope you guys can answer some of them.

janiskr · n00b Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 56 Location: Riga, Latvia

do not know about limewire, all other things works - if you read some manual.

you wil have to set up firefox-bin (32bit version) and flash and 32bit java anything else works nice on my PC :roll:

wich ofcorse is amd64

look here
http://www.gentoo.ro/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml
and here
http://www.gentoo.ro/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml
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mudrii · l33t Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Posts: 789 Location: Singapore

- apache + php + mysql + python > full 64 bit support all works well
- firefox + java + flash > 32 bit emulation works well
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pacho2 · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: AMD64-newbie Questions

hvengel · Guru Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 515

As you can see from the above there are a handfull of things that still have problems running as 64 bit apps. Most of these things are not real important to me so I have been running 64 bit versions of these for a while. Mostly so I could keep track of progress on the 64 bit side. A year ago almost none of this worked in even a marginal way. Six months ago much of it was working in 64 bits at least enough to make it useable. Things contiue to improve at a significant pace. I expect that in another six months that all of this stuff will be working very well as 64 bit apps. In the mean time you can run 32 bit version of stuff without any difficulty.

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

the emul-* packages should all get pulled in as dependancies when you install a *-bin 32 bit package anyway, so you shouldn't need to worry about it. If something doesn't, it's a bug in the ebuild so would need putting on bugzilla.

patrik1982 · n00b Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Posts: 19

nxsty · Veteran Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 1556 Location: .se

pacho2 · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 1:10 pm Post subject: Re: AMD64-newbie Questions

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

I've heard this *OMG we can't have windows codecs!* argument a few times, but I don't have them on my system at all, and have never come across anything I can't play.

does anyone actually know what these support which we allegedly can't use without them?

widan · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject:

drwook · Veteran Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 1324 Location: London

sounds like a real tragic loss, must be affecting all of 3 people worldwide

J.M.I.T. · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:31 pm Post subject:

AA · n00b Joined: 29 Jul 2003 Posts: 59

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kmtsg · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 2

what about BestCrypt? has anyone made that work fine in 64bit environment? I can load the module..

h0nke · n00b Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 29 Location: /usa/ca/hills