Date: 03 Jan 2006 23:28:51 +0100 From: "Arno J. Klaassen" <arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Skype on FreeBSD / amd64 - what's the trick? Message-ID: <wp7j9hq730.fsf@heho.labo> In-Reply-To: <20060103040207.GB54882@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20051231122034.599bbf8c.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20051231125158.GA830@funes.schapachnik.com.ar> <wp64p246rx.fsf@heho.labo> <20060103040207.GB54882@dragon.NUXI.org>
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"David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> writes: > On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:14:10PM +0100, Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > > Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@schapachnik.com.ar> writes: > > > En un mensaje anterior, Torfinn Ingolfsen escribió: > > > > I tried to install Skype on my amd64 machine, running FreeBSD > > > > 6.0-stable: > ... > > > > It seems that the port net/skype depends on graphics/linux_dri, but the > > > > latter (linux_dri) is i386 only. > > > > So, what's the trick to get Skype installed on amd64? > > > > > > If you have a 32-bit linux environment in place, just comment the > > > i386 only line of the linux_dri Makefile. It worked for me and skype > > > works fine. > > > > there seem to be serious problems on many configurations with linux_dri > > on amd64; > > I just made a symlink libGL.so.1 -> libX11.so.6 > > in /compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib; this make Skype happy (which > > does not seem to need reel GL functionality, just a valid libGL.so.1 > > to start-up) and prevents my linux-apps which really use GL to bomb. > > My $0.02 > > Patch to /usr/ports anyone? :-) Installing a fake libGL.so.1 in /usr/X11R6/share/skype and use LD_LIBRARY_PATH AND ENOENT /compat/linux/usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1 will probably infer less with futur development on linux_dri, no? Arno -- Arno J. Klaassen SCITO S.A. 8 rue des Haies F-75020 Paris, France http://scito.com
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