From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 23 15:14:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCA3B16A49A; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:14:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@fosburgh.org) Received: from pop-tawny.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-tawny.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.67]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F355A43D70; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:14:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonathan@fosburgh.org) Received: from user-0cet64e.cable.mindspring.com ([24.238.152.142] helo=gw.fosburgh.org) by pop-tawny.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1FtnMf-00022Q-00; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:14:33 -0400 Received: by gw.fosburgh.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EECF516B; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:15:22 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on gw.fosburgh.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 Received: from jef-nt.mdacc.tmc.edu (jef-nt.mdacc.tmc.edu [143.111.32.188]) by gw.fosburgh.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A62643; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:15:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Fosburgh To: "pete wright" Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:14:28 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <20060622075236.GA95258@router.lane.family> <20060622212119.GA7232@router.lane.family> <57d710000606221506s7b1c3f99g3c748e19c37c59e9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <57d710000606221506s7b1c3f99g3c748e19c37c59e9@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3113313.KZ1PmR9mdp"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200606231014.29203.jonathan@fosburgh.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does anyone run VNC with 64-bit FreeBSD (amd64)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:14:42 -0000 --nextPart3113313.KZ1PmR9mdp Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 22 June 2006 17:06, pete wright wrote: > > Did you try to build/install a 32bit version of VNC? Also, if you are > running a Unix like OS why use VNC? You can achive %90 of the same > features (with less of a memory/cpu impact) by running X apps > remotely. > > -pete How do you do cross-compilation on amd64? I looked through the mailing list= =20 archives and couldn't find a method. Also, VNC, slow as it is, tends to be= =20 faster than running X apps directly, at least over high-latency networks. = NX=20 runs rings around both of them, though. =2D-=20 Jonathan Fosburgh AIX and Storage Administrator UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX --nextPart3113313.KZ1PmR9mdp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEnAVVqUvQmqp7omYRAjPhAJwLjk+wgDojZ01TeucB2ISPL5CVZwCg0FXo iOMVXNF7sw5O+SnZBKWYd08= =O6XC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3113313.KZ1PmR9mdp--