Re: 32bit vs 64bit

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On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 22:05 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Rahul Sundaram writes:
> 
> > Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > 
> >> However, nothing stops you from installing 32 bit Firefox, which will 
> >> run just fine on a 64 bit Fedora install.
> > 
> > You don't have to do that. Fedora by default installs nspluginwrapper 
> > which works with the 32-bit plugins on 64-bit arch. It also has the 
> > advantage of adding more stability and security (via SELinux policy) by 
> > separating the plugins into different process.
> 
> Maybe, but I was never able to get it to work. Installing nspluginwrapper 
> didn't seem to have any effect. Flash never showed up as a registered plugin 
> in Firefox, and there was absolutely no feedback whatsoever, regarding what 
> the problem might be.

Do you have libflashsupport installed? Note that on 64-bit systems you
need both the i386 and x86_64 versions.

(BTW, this has to be one of the most frequenty asked questions on this
list).

poc

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