On 10/17/05, Bill Schoolcraft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Sun, 16 Oct 2005 it looks like Mark Kane composed: > > > Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > >> At Sun, 16 Oct 2005 it looks like Mark Kane composed: > >> > >>> Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > >>> > >>>> Grrrrr, is there a list of all the ports that don't work on > >>>> AMD64 machines? I just attempted to install the above :( > >>>> > >>> > >>> http://pointyhat.freebsd.org/errorlogs/ > >>> > >>> I checked there for the xmms-wma port although I did not find it. Post the > >>> errors that occurred and someone may be able to help. > >>> > >>> -Mark > >>> > >> > >> Thanks Mark, > >> > >> Here is all that happened: > >> > >> ##################################### > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/audio/xmms-wma]-> make install > >> > >> ===> xmms-wma-1.0.4_2 is only for i386, and you are running amd64. > >> > >> ##################################### > >> > > > > Oh okay. See what Andrew said then (that it's only for i386). I guess it > > won't work, sorry :( > > Do you see all/any of this getting resolved with the release of 6.0 ? > > This of course is not the first port that has this limitation. > I was really stoked to get my first amd64 with 1-gig of ram, I > had no idea that these bumps would occur. I run 5.4 on i386 and > it was that experience that led me to get the 64bit box. > > I have it triple booted with "FreeBSD-5.4/WinXP-Pro/SuSE-9.3" > but keep it booted into BSD to keep the faith! > > -- > Bill Schoolcraft > PO Box 210076 > San Francisco, CA 94121 > http://billschoolcraft.com > ~ > "You do best what you like most." > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >
It's not a problem with FreeBSD, really. The ports themselves should get to work under amd64. 2006 will probably become the year of widespread adoption of 64-bit computing. Until it ends, you'd better use FreeBSD/i386 on your desktops. All server software that was popular enough was ensured to run on FreeBSD/amd64 smoothly. The situation is not much better with Linux, and even worse with Windows. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
