Re: AMD64

Drew Kirkpatrick <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.compw.window-managers.windowmaker.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
True. I used 0.80.2 for so long, I think I can wait a while longer :)
I don't even really notice many differences between 0.80.2 & 0.91,
except the alt-tab switching deal. Always remember, any windowmaker is
better than no windowmaker :)


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:36:48 +0100, Ernst W. Winter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Drew Kirkpatrick wrote:
> 
> > I run windowmaker on my two amd64 systems very well, although I run
> > 0.80.2 (with the r4 gentoo patches, I'm ona gentoo box). I haven't
> 
> I see, I compiled it from fresh out of ports, so I think it will be a
> while until it catches up with it too. Here the version:
> 
> -----------------------------Snip-------------------------------------
> # New ports collection makefile for:    WindowMaker
> # Date created:         August 13, 1997
> # Whom:                 [email protected]
> #
> # $FreeBSD: ports/x11-wm/windowmaker/Makefile,v 1.124 2004/10/26
> # 08:49:49 dougb
> Exp $
> #
> 
> PORTNAME=       windowmaker
> PORTVERSION=    0.91.0
> -----------------------------Snip-------------------------------------
> 
> some of the ports haven't been updated and so it could take a while.
> 
> > had any luck with 0.91 on amd64 boxes (crashes, etc), but I think
> 
> No worries with the stability, it is that applications crash when
> called up.
> 
> > some of that is my old configs. I'm running windowmaker 0.91 very
> 
> That could be a good reason too as I used all my old configs from the
> 32bit version. I will try it witout the configs.
> 
> > well on my gentoo iBook, so ppc isn't a problem, although this is a
> > 32 bit ppc.  If I were you, I'd try using 0.80.2 on the amd64's and
> 
> yes, with 32bit no problems.
> 
> > see if that doesn't clear things up for ya. It did for me.
> >
> I think I wait until the maintainer updates it and then use it again
> once I hear it is ready for AMD64 ports. In the meantime Ihave
> fluxbox and it works nice too.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Ernst
> 
> --
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> 
>
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