From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ire9w-0005my-Gj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:37:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lACIZNcJ029300; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:35:23 GMT Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.227]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lACIZM1h029294 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:35:22 GMT Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 36so716054wra for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=+UmQCDSJMvjMy3iQmekXXPCT8ImQozBVKHOhuPww8IU=; b=c12LbkWum8zjB/r3Mij9RMcqiCfRNx8hSuPH/QVypCS+Y12HF/lImbf6PZk3biR/IrAaS+n5oIzRAxKx/ymcz2Onj8HFCxkfXeRKMKTutWZhd2Wl4nSzYkBYvRfS/bMdkHIn0lQ4vgbZQdYoyrYACCOI0NFUaatzdoNf1HEPJ2M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=btRyUflpIvqABGjnaO0PWe+5cKH+8Ag0IdaINmEYlhoKHpKNmfFqJuWV/s1QQ3pScf1CKT5tK0+6HjbtLHwbUJ4Zz/UXaIHsB912LfYb4ZaXMmLayL8738FLmGI8nB6CQgG/idEGF5XBtRXDEJK/mwIE2TeiwkVXMCk+1rqAyR4= Received: by 10.100.94.14 with SMTP id r14mr7971962anb.1194892521658; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.49.14 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0711121035g15903126l809344ce29eec9ef@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:35:21 -0800 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] firefox-bin crashing a few times every day In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0710291034g3b21f795q8e14ee27492690dc@mail.gmail.com> <4d192b620710291041m57573c25i854b76b5c7aebc68@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0710291048h4ce51b1dsdd48803718d1551a@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0711111349x7c23bdfam6b7efd85c9453ce7@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b0711111505s33f7a589rc9adb704c93a837b@mail.gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 8093d8c1-744c-4ae2-9df9-979e4a117757 X-Archives-Hash: 32776f55fb1826e86f29c3abfcc90acc On Nov 12, 2007 12:36 AM, Beso wrote: > > > 2007/11/12, Mark Knecht : > > On Nov 11, 2007 2:52 PM, Beso wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > the only stuff on amd64 that needs some more things to do is: > 1. firefox 32 bit plugins > 2. win32codecs. > at the end of the email i'll tell you how to install them and make them work > flawlessly. > > > 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? > > it depends. for example i like to have the software that runs on my machine > to use all of its capabilities. > > > 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. > > for win32codecs you just have to emerge the win32codecs and you've done. > there's really no other real thing to do. > for the mediaplayer plugin install mplayer + mplayer-plugin and you'll have > firefox run it without issues. mplayer is also useful for some videos that > xine plays in the wrong way (mainly h264 with ac3 that has some issues with > the subtitles and mplayer doesn't). > install mozilla-firefox (not bin). > as for java and firefox: install emul-linux-java (that you already have) > for flash and firefox: install netscape-flash and nspluginwrapper and then > do: > nspluginwrapper -v -i /usr/lib32/nsbrowser/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > restart your mozilla-firefox (not the bin version). and you should be able > to run flash, java, mediaplayer plugins on firefox amd64. > if you still have problems just ask. > Thanks Beso, and Jeffery also. OK, I'm doing a little catch up on system maintenance. I did an emerge -DuN mozilla-firefox and picked up a few new updates. I did a revdep-rebuild on some libraries and it looks like I'm ready to roll with Firefox itself. Now, should I rebuild Firefox? Here's how it is currently built: lightning ~ # emerge -pvDuN mozilla-firefox These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! Total: 0 packages, Size of downloads: 0 kB lightning ~ # emerge -pv mozilla-firefox These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] www-client/mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.9 USE="gnome java -bindist -debug -filepicker -ipv6 -mozdevelop -moznopango -restrict-javascript -xforms -xinerama -xprint" LINGUAS="-af -ar -be -bg -ca -cs -da -de -el -en_GB -es -es_AR -es_ES -eu -fi -fr -fy -fy_NL -ga -ga_IE -gu -gu_IN -he -hu -it -ja -ka -ko -ku -lt -mk -mn -nb -nb_NO -nl -nn -nn_NO -pa -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -pt_PT -ro -ru -sk -sl -sv -sv_SE -tr -zh -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB lightning ~ # QUESTION: Will the mplayerplug-in support Yahoo Video? http://video.yahoo.com/ That's telling me I need Flash 8.0. I have Flash 9.0 installed so I'm not clear what the problem is here: lightning ~ # eix -I flash [I] net-www/netscape-flash Available versions: [M]7.0.68 {M}9.0.48.0!m 9.0.48.0-r1!m {M}(~)9.0.60.0_beta082207!m (~)9.0.60.0_beta100107!m {debug} Installed versions: 9.0.60.0_beta100107!m(05:54:44 PM 10/19/2007) Homepage: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/ Description: Adobe Flash Player lightning ~ # thanks, Mark -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list