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<title>Gentoo Linux/AMD64 Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
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<author title="Editor"> |
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<mail link="blubb@gentoo.org">Simon Stelling</mail> |
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<mail link="metalgod@gentoo.org">Luis Medinas</mail> |
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</author> |
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<mail link="gerrynjr@gentoo.org">Gerald J. Normandin Jr.</mail> |
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<mail link="neysx@gentoo.org">Xavier Neys</mail> |
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This is the Gentoo Linux/AMD64 Frequently Asked Questions |
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<version>1.20</version> |
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<date>2008-09-02</date> |
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<faqindex> |
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<title>Questions</title> |
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<title>Introduction to Gentoo/AMD64 FAQ</title> |
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This document contains the most commonly asked questions about Gentoo/AMD64. We |
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intend to help and provide useful information about Gentoo/AMD64. Some of these |
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questions can be found in forums, IRC, or mailing lists. If you have |
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suggestions or questions about this FAQ, you are welcome to send an e-mail to |
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<mail>amd64@gentoo.org</mail>. |
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</faqindex> |
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<title>Installation</title> |
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<title>What CFLAGS should I use for AMD64/EM64T?</title> |
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You should use simple <c>CFLAGS</c> to avoid future problems with your system. |
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Supported <c>CFLAGS</c> are <c>-O2 -march=k8 -pipe</c> for non-EM64T systems and |
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<c>-O2 -march=nocona -pipe</c> for EM64T systems. |
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<title>What kernel should I use for AMD64?</title> |
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<c>gentoo-sources</c> because it is a special kernel designed for Gentoo Linux. |
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It contains lots of AMD64-specific patches and therefore is the only kernel |
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officially supported by Gentoo/AMD64. |
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<warn> |
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You should watch out for some kernel features which are not well tested, such |
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as <c>PREEMPT</c>. |
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Make sure you have the <c>IA32_EMULATION</c> option activated in the kernel. |
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<title>Will I have a performance upgrade if I use a 64bit system instead of 32bit?</title> |
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That is a difficult question to answer. In some cases, you will experience a |
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performance improvement, in other cases you will not. For everyday use, there |
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is nearly no difference between 64bit and 32bit. 64bit is generally faster |
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when it comes to floating point computing which is normally the case in |
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multimedia applications and 3D rendering. This <uri |
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link="http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/05/06/09/1413209.shtml?tid=121">article</uri> |
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may interest you. There's also a nice <uri |
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link="http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-349691.html">thread</uri> in our |
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<title>What is multilib and how can I use it?</title> |
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Every AMD64 processor is able to run 32bit code as well as 64bit code. |
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However, when you have a 32bit application, you are unable to mix it with |
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64bit libraries or vice versa. You can, however, natively run 32bit |
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applications if all shared libraries it needs are available as 32bit objects. |
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You can choose whether you want multilib support or not by selecting the |
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according profile. The default is a multilib-enabled profile. |
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so think over your decision twice before you use the no-multilib profile. |
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<title>How do I create a 32bit chroot?</title> |
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Please read the <uri link="/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/chroot.xml">32bit chroot |
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guide</uri>. |
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<section id="upgradex86"> |
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<title>Can I upgrade from my x86 system to amd64 by doing emerge -e world?</title> |
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Due to several differences between an <c>x86</c> and an <c>amd64</c> |
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installation, it is impossible to upgrade. Please perform a fresh install. The |
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installation is slightly different than an x86 one, so please use the |
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<uri link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml">AMD64 Handbook</uri>. |
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Also, binary files created on an x86 system most likely cannot be read by |
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packages on an amd64 system. In particular, databases such as MySQL, innoDB, |
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Berkeley DB, SQLite, OpenLDAP, etc. cannot simply be copied as-is. You will need |
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to dump the database into an architecture-independent format, such as a text |
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file, before attempting to restore it on an amd64 system. |
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<title>Can I use Reiser4?</title> |
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Reiser4 is not available from any kernel offered by the Gentoo Kernel project, |
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thus neither AMD64 team supports it. The answer is no. |
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<title>Will my binary NVIDIA/ATI drivers work?</title> |
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Yes, NVIDIA and ATI provide drivers that work on AMD64. You can install them by |
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executing <c>emerge nvidia-drivers</c> or <c>emerge ati-drivers</c>. If you have |
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more questions about these drivers, you should read the <uri |
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link="/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml">Nvidia guide</uri> or the <uri |
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<title>How do I use Cool'n'Quiet/PowerNow features?</title> |
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Power management options ---> |
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<title>Can I get Macromedia Flash working?</title> |
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Yes. To get Flash working, you need a 32bit browser like |
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<c>mozilla-firefox-bin</c> or <c>opera</c> because Macromedia doesn't provide a |
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64bit version. After emerging the -bin package of your favorite browser, |
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install Flash by doing <c>emerge netscape-flash</c>. |
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<title>Can I get OpenOffice.org working?</title> |
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<c>app-office/openoffice-bin</c>. If you feel brave you can <c>emerge |
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openoffice</c>, but be aware that the 64bit version is not yet tested out |
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enough to be considered stable. |
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<title>I want to install package foo, but emerge says: (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)</title> |
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This means that the package is still in the 'testing' tree. Please read <c>man |
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link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3&chap=3">Mixing Software |
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Branches</uri> chapter of the <uri |
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<title>I want to install package foo, but emerge says: (masked by: missing keyword)</title> |
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This means that the package has not been tested yet. It does <e>not |
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necessarily</e> mean that the package does not work. You can unmask it by |
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accepting another architecture for the package. The following example shows you |
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can tell Portage to accept any keyword for a given package. |
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</p> |
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If it works fine for you, please let us know and file a bug on <uri |
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link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/">Gentoo's Bugzilla</uri>, so that the AMD64 team |
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can keyword the package and other users can benefit from your test. |
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<warn> |
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Do not try commands like <c>ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge packagename</c>. It |
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will most certainly break your tree. |
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<title>How can I help the Gentoo/AMD64 project?</title> |
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<section id="project"> |
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<title>How can I help?</title> |
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With a growing popularity of the amd64 architecture, we also increasingly need |
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more help. There's still much work to be done to improve the quality of |
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Gentoo/AMD64. An average user can help us by: |
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<li>Filing general bug reports</li> |
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<li>Testing software that does not yet have the <c>~amd64</c> keyword</li> |
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Participating in the <uri link="/proj/en/base/amd64/at/">Arch Testers |
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project</uri> |
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Help answering questions on the mailing lists, forums and IRC channels |
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<li>Sending patches</li> |
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listed on <uri link="/proj/en/base/amd64/">our project homepage</uri>. You can |
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