Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 1:44:10 EST From: higgsr@rpi.edu To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-amd64 Digest, Vol 33, Issue 4 Message-ID: <200401230644.i0N6iAwC002949@smtp3.server.rpi.edu>
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 11:16:01PM -0500, higgsr@rpi.edu wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I updated my ports collection yesterday and saw updates to mozilla. So > I > > built and installed it. Everything works great except that I am unable > to > > resize the mozilla windows. I am using fvwm2. Have I overlooked > something > > or is this a problem with mozilla? I realize that there are probably > still > > a bunch of 64 bit issues with mozilla. > > > > Thanks, > > Ray Higgs > > > > Hi Ray and all, > > Mozilla works well and the window resizes with no problems. Below is what > > I did and some notes on what I'm doing elsewhere. > > You got me to try it. Compiled mozilla-gtk2-1.6_1 with the flags that > usually > work. (more later) Works great, very fast and except for the lack of java > and > some forms of javascript, there are no obvious bugs and a good first im- > pression. GTK has worked in 64bit (AFAIK) from the beginning. If you are > using Motif, that could be the problem. (QT is also excellent in 64bit.) > > I run Gnome panel inside KDE. While some KDE apps don't perform that > well, > generally a Gnome equivalent one will. While xpdf is a bit shaky and > often goes out in a core-dump, gpdf is perfect. For that occasional .doc > file, antiword is especially good and very simple. AbiWord compiles but > that's about all -- very disappointing compared to its i386 counterpart. > > > In general, I use DPIC, -pipe (sometimes with a base -O) and -D__amd64__ > which is sometimes missed in makefiles when needed. For CXXFLAGS -fPIC is > allays safe and often makes the difference. The classic examples do work > but can produce allot of warnings, like -fmemoize-lookups -fsave-memoized > which only (AFAIK) speed up the compile. > > Sure, nobody needs it, but java would be nice. (for mozilla and beyond) > I'm trying but messing with that is madness. Sun certainly must be able > to help. (and i party with some of Sun's founders) > > On the kernel hacking, linprocfs works except for the Linux OS info which > could be pre-set anyways. Linux ABI support 'appears' just around the > corner > but 64bit Linux first! (Almost anything Unix compiles 64bit.) While I did > have a 32bit compat setup, things changed and i question how interesting > such a direction is. (If 32bit applications can run even close to 64bit, > then its interesting.) My personal observation is that its easy to make > mistakes working 32bit binaries in the amd64 that freeze the machine. > Per- > haps there is a standard way to be developed? I've had my Alpha for years > and are still happy with it today. While it is quite different than CISC > systems, I've learned lots over the years. (ev56, 21164 @ 533MHz) I'd > love > more Alpha's but they are too expensive relative to the amd64. > > Bill I originally installed mozilla from /usr/ports/www/mozilla, which gave me mozilla-1.6_1,2. Tonight I installed the GTK version (mozilla-gtk2-1.6_1) and everything works great, including window resizing! If you had not pointed out the version that you tried, I probably would have struggled through the rest of semester (school always seems to consume me) with a tall, narrow window. Thanks Bill! Ray
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