Note that it's not just you nor is it just 64 bit users. A cursory glance at this list would have shown you that everyone is having problems with firefox and no one at google is answering. Two things are puzzling - why there hasn't been more in the news regards this (/., reddit, digg etc) and what have the gears devs moved to? Android? Chrome? We are all in teh dark.
cheers L. On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 18:14, ch32 <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't seem to find a reply button on any of the threads I've looked > at on this, so here's yet another thread. > > So, there's been a lot of push in the hardware community for 64-bit > processing. It's hard to find a good server computer that isn't 64-bit > nowadays, and the newest desktops are all 64-bit. > > Because of this push towards 64-bit computing, the major Linux distros > have all started pushing towards more 64-bit compatibility. Fedora has > all but officially made x86_64 it's primary platform for it's latest > releases. For most users this means that they don't really have to run > any 32-bit apps at all (for linux, this means less crap to install, > because as soon as you get one 32-bit app, you've got 50+ 32-bit > library dependencies that go along with it). > > I've been using Google Wave for about 24-hours now, and have > immediately noticed that I can't install Google Gears in Firefox 3.5.5 > (the latest released version) 64-bit on Fedora 11. > > What gives? > > Not only should the latest Firefox be a priority, but 64-bit > compilation should be a major priority for any new software. > > I was able to install the 32-bit plugin, but not sure if it works. I > did this by going to http://nielspeen.com/blog/2009/02/google-gears-64-bit/ > and installing an older version for 64-bit, then updating. However, > when I try to install this at http://gears.google.com/, I get an error > saying it won't install in Firefox: > > "Google Gears" could not be installed because it is not compatible > with your Firefox build type (Linux_x86_64-gcc3). Please contact the > author of this item about the problem. > -- "evil begets stupidity. An organization that wins by exercising power starts to lose the ability to win by doing better work. And it's not fun for a smart person to work in a place where the best ideas aren't the ones that win." Paul Graham
