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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 10:59 AM

Hi,

is there any possibility to use the original Macromedia Flash player with 64
Bit without installing firefox-bin (so it's 32 bit)?

Greetings,
Terminator

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 10:59 AM

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 01:33, Terminator stood up and spoke the
following words to the masses in /alt.os.linux.gentoo...:/

> Hi,
>
> is there any possibility to use the original Macromedia Flash player
> with 64 Bit without installing firefox-bin (so it's 32 bit)?

Not to my knowledge, no... As I (mis)understand it, the /firefox-bin/
installs one or multiple libraries that this Flash Player depends upon.

Proprietary software... :-/

--
With kind regards,

*Aragorn*
(Registered GNU/Linux user # 223157)

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

> is there any possibility to use the original Macromedia Flash player with
> 64 Bit without installing firefox-bin (so it's 32 bit)?

Try nspluginwrapper. It is not perfect but better than nothing.

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Terminator wrote:
> is there any possibility to use the original Macromedia Flash player with
64
> Bit without installing firefox-bin (so it's 32 bit)?

Why do you refuse to use a 32bit firefox?

Regards

Casper

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Casper Vollenweider wrote:

> Terminator wrote:
>> is there any possibility to use the original Macromedia Flash player with
> 64
>> Bit without installing firefox-bin (so it's 32 bit)?
>
> Why do you refuse to use a 32bit firefox?

Dunno. I think it's just the fact that I want my whole system to be "real"
64 bit.

Greetings,
Terminator

#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Matti V wrote:

> Try nspluginwrapper. It is not perfect but better than nothing.

Yeah, but that's for Konqueror...

Greetings,
Terminator

#7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Aragorn wrote:

> Not to my knowledge, no... As I (mis)understand it, the /firefox-bin/
> installs one or multiple libraries that this Flash Player depends upon.

Hm, I think it's just that firefox-bin is compiled as an 32 bit binary so
it's compatible to the flash player which is also a 32 bit binary.

Greetings,
Terminator

#8 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Terminator wrote:

> Matti V wrote:
>
>> Try nspluginwrapper. It is not perfect but better than nothing.
>
> Yeah, but that's for Konqueror...

>
No, it is for firefox. See
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:pro...spluginwrapper

#9 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Terminator wrote:

> Dunno. I think it's just the fact that I want my whole system to be
> "real" 64 bit.

You will not get any better performance or whatever of a 100% 64bit system.
Some rare client applications (compiling) may run a little faster, but the
verry most will not make any difference in use. In some occasions (more
memory usage) they can eaven be slower. Your AMD64 or Intel EM64T CPU is
in fact a 32bit CPU with some 64bit extensions and not the other way
round.

Regards

Casper

--
Never hold your farts in. They travel up your spine, into your brain, and
that is where shitty ideas come from!!!

#10 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 11:00 AM

Casper Vollenweider <nospam2@gmx.ch> writes:

> You will not get any better performance or whatever of a 100% 64bit system.
> Some rare client applications (compiling) may run a little faster, but the
> verry most will not make any difference in use.

Do the extra registers available in 64bit mode not provide a speed
increase over 32bit mode for many applications?

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