Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day

["Mark Knecht" <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso <givemesugarr@gmail.com> wrote:
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<SNIP>
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> the system configs are normal too.... the only thing that i can advise you
> to do is try the mozilla-firefox instead of mozilla-firefox-bin. don't
> uninstall the bin since it can coexhist with the non bin package.... try
> that (some hours of compilation) and see what it does.
>

Humm....mozilla-firefox hasn't been much of an option for me in the
past. Too many problems with web-based media not playing without all
the wincodecs stuff. Maybe this has improved? I've used firefox-bin
really to get Flash, Java and wincodecs. I don't care which one I use.
I just want a good user experience when I'm browsing around and run
into something interesting.

I really only run the AMD64 version of Gentoo because a few years ago
when I bought this system it seemed like an interesting thing to try
out and at the time I had a Linux laptop running 32-bit Gentoo in case
I ran into problems. Then a guy on the web found me and wanted to buy
my 2 year old laptop for more than I paid for it (he wanted a backup
machine) so I sold it and no longer have that backup.

As an everyday, normal desktop user-type I really don't know that
running 64bit Gentoo offers me any advantages and has shown to have
significant disadvantages, at least the way I build the comparison
list. I wonder in what usage model do people here see a measurable
advantage running 64-bit over 32-bit Gentoo?

I've stuck with it for a long time, and I hate to give up, but maybe
it's time to just pack it in and rebuild the machine.

I'll keep poking around at this.

Thanks,
Mark
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