Re: [cooker-amd64] amd64 rc1 bugs and a general question

[jpearl24]

On Fri, 2003-12-19 at 02:55, Thomas wrote:
> I've installed rc1 last weekend, and while things work fine, I've 
> noticed some issues that could be described as 'bugs':
> 
> mpg123 tries to play mp3's but produces garbage (xmms works correctly):
> 
> MPEG 1.0 layer III, 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo
> mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 25 bits!
> mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 6 bits!
> mpg123: Can't rewind stream by 3 bits!
> 
> Probably an assumption about with of a long or something like that.
> 
> Then another: gnome-font-properties segfaults on start.
> 
> And I had some installation problems (Asus K8V, bios 1004). One had to 
> do with me using the DVI output on the Nvidia card (I think this works 
> in the latest XFree NV driver) and this was easy to fix.
> 
> Another one is that I had problems doing the install with USB keyboard 
> and mouse. Conecting a PS/2 keyboard and mouse solved this. Maybe this 
> can be worked around by disabling USB2 mode in the BIOS? Haven't tried that.
> 
> Finally it seems like a good idea to build some software in 32 bit mode. 
> For example tvtime, with the good deinterlacers available only in x86-32 
> assembler, or perhaps even Mozilla, to be able to run Flash (or someone 
> would need to write a .so loading shim like the one used to run win32 
> codecs...). But having two build environments is a big waste of space 
> perhaps. And it would be confusing to run two instances of gnome or qt 
> (32 and 64 bit) simultaneously: the libraries may not want to talk to 
> each other after all.
> 
> Is this the right place to mention these, or should I get a bugzilla 
> account?
> 
> 
> Thomas

i am also having alot of problems running software and installing
software... makes me want to wait until 64 bit version grows up.. 
-- 
jpearl24 <jpearl24@cox.net>
sesso Linux AMD64

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