Re: [gentoo-user] core-2 advise
Alan McKinnon schreef: On Monday 04 February 2008, James wrote: If so, and I wanted to convert this machine to 64 bit Gentoo OS, then I'd just edit the make.conf : CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" to CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" and 'emerge -e world' Previous posts on this list indicate that there is no upgrade path from 32 to 64 bit. The correct method is to reinstall. Apparently it's not as simple as "emerge -e world" as that would involve building a 64 bit toolchain and system libs with a 32 bit compiler, which doesn't work. If I have the details wrong, I'm sure someone will come along soon and correct me. Indeed reinstall is the best method of upgrading. I'm also not familiar with details but apparently it is not as easy as changing CHOST en remerge world. -- Juul Spies -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64
Anthony E. Caudel schreef: I have an AMD 64x2 that I have been using only in x86 mode since I got it. I have been thinking of going to x86_64 mode but I'm wondering if it's worth the trouble with multilib, chroot'ing, firefox-bin and other compromises (admittedly some minor). I realize I should see some speed increase but probably only in certain areas such as compiling. So, for those users who have used both, is it worth it overall? I've used both and don't notice any difference for the stuff I'm using my computer for. Only 32bit application I'm using is firefox. I'm not sure if compiling is faster because I let emerge run in the background while watching a movie. Overall it works fine for me but I don't see much difference comparing my install to a 32bit install. -- Juul Spies -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] To x86_64 or not to x86_64
Jan Seeger schreef: Yeah, it seems nspluginwrapper works better now. The time I tried it, it just crashed with a segfault and did nothing. But installing it again, it seems to work. Thanks for your suggestion^^ I have used it before but because of some strange crashes. After that I've never used it again. I'll give it try, if it's stable now there's no need to use firefox-bin anymore for me :) -- Juul Spies -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
