On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 10:34 -0800, Alan wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 14:48 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > > > My only other real concern is Adobe acroread, because I use that to create > > plates for offset presses and unfortunately none of the open-source PDF viewer > > programs seem to be up to the job (so far). I was just reading a write-up on > > Adobe's website that talks about this issue and it seems that acoread can also > > be made to run even though it's a 32-bit application. > > > > The 32 bit Acrobat runs fine under 64-bit. It can run 32 bit as well, > that is why 32 and 64 bit libraries get installed. It is just hard to > mix 32 and 64 in one app without serious hackage. > > Just make sure you get the very latest Acrobat. There is a problem with > earlier ones having problems with the version numbering on the latest > versions of the Gnome libraries. (They expect the version number to be > 2.x, not 2.xx.) > Really? I have never been able to get the 32-bit plugins for Flash or Acrobat to work. If you have the magic incantation for these to work with F8_X64, please do tell. I switched to a 32-bit PAE kernel instead. Cheers, Chris -- ==================================================== In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. --Yogi Berra
