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[Jim Christiansen]

Message: 8
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 14:54:51 +0200
From: Gilboa Davara <gilboada at netvision.net.il>
Subject: Re: FC4 x86_64 + new questions
To: Users Fedora <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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I'm running a bunch of 64 bit boxes, all work well with all of the 32 bit 
firefox plugins for the 32 bit firefox version.

Use:

http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Linux_Installation_Notes

to get everything running.

Jim

On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 12:49 +0100, François Patte wrote:
>Gilboa Davara a écrit :
> > On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 12:02 +0100, François Patte wrote:
> > >>Bonjour,
> >>
> >>I installed FC4 x86_64 and I'm wondering if i386 applications can be run
> >>on it and, if yes, how?
> > > > Yes.
> > Using i386 libraries. (installed by default)
> > > >>My problem is that there are no recognized plugins for 
>mozilla/firefox
> >>(or I don't know where to download the plugins). There is a directory:
> >>/usr/lib64/firefox-1.0.7/plugins (and same for mozilla), but making
> >>symbolic links in these directories is totally useless....
> >>
> > > > Known problem.
> > If you want to use i386 only plug-ins (such as flash), you'll need to
> > manually install the i386 version of firefox/mozilla.
>
>Thanks for your answer. I tried this, but there are some "failed 
>dependancies"...


Try to install them manually.

>
>So, my next question is: is possible to tell yum to install specific i386 
>packages (with right dependancies of course!)?

No that I know of.
You'll have to manually install the i386 compat libraries and firefox.

>
>It seems also, that xmms is not working: I have only 2 output plugins: arts 
>and crossfade. With the first one xmms complains that it cannot connect a 
>arts server, the second one kills xmms...

Bugzilla?

>
>
> > > Gilboa
> > P.S. Please, please, please stop PGP'ing your messages. It makes it very
> > hard to read them.
>
>I promise...!

Thanks.

Gilboa