[clue-tech] gentoo, AMD64, gnumeric and excel

[Ken MacFerrin]

Dave Price wrote:
> On 8/10/06, Ken MacFerrin <lists at macferrin.com> wrote:
>>
>> To compile a native 64 bit system it should have been this:
>>
>> CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
>> CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe"
>> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
>>
>> but do **NOT** go changing your CHOST now without considering the
>> following:
>>
>> 1. You can leave your system as 32 bit and it will not hurt a thing.
>> You won't be taking full advantage of your hardware but it will actually
>> save you a little trouble later on in setting up things like flash and
>> some of the mplayer codecs.  If you decide to stay 32 bit I'd add
>> "-fomit-frame-pointer" in your CFLAGS for further optimization.
>> CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
>>
> 
> OK, I did it, full 64-bit reinstall, since this is a learning system -
> followed the handbook - now alsa works with the onboard sound -
> including mplayer and codecs - I am streaming KBCO now, so all is
> good.  No X yet, but do I really need it???
> 
> -- Is X an exploding clown suit for unix?
> 

Yeah, it usually blows up once or twice until you get used to dialing in
your drivers and Xorg.  Just post your specs and config if you want help.
-Ken