[AG-TECH] Windows platforms

[Fred Dech]

Doug and Jason,

i attempted to run a 64bit AG node a couple years ago.
drivers were a headache.
the alpha 64bit driver for the video card, or 64 bit audio made
the system unstable.  it would blue-screen unexpectedly.  i
finally gave in and installed 32bit WinXP OS on that system.

--fred

On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:07PM, Douglas Kosovic wrote:
> Hi Jason,
> 
> It'll work if you install 32bit dependencies like 32bit Python, it won't
> work with 64bit Python. Note: 32bit Bonjour won't be able to be
> installed, but the 64 bit Bonjour could be installed or skipped all
> together. 
> 
> For VIC there may or may not be WinXP x64 drivers for the video capture
> device. With Vista x64 the driver situation is a bit better as there
> often is a driver if there is a corresponding 32bit Vista driver
> available.
> 
> I thought the AccessGrid 3.1 page already lists the supported versions
> of Windows, i.e. just WinXP? Although the AccessGrid 3.1 Toolkit works
> for most people with Vista, there have been issues, e.g.:
>   https://mediatools.cs.ucl.ac.uk/nets/mmedia/ticket/182
> So I think there probably should be two classes, supported versions of
> Windows and 'may work with' versions of Windows.
> 
> Doug
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ag-tech-bounces at lists.mcs.anl.gov [mailto:ag-tech-
> > bounces at lists.mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Jason Bell
> > Sent: Tuesday, 3 March 2009 10:17 AM
> > To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> > Subject: [AG-TECH] Windows platforms
> > 
> > G'day All
> > 
> > I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if the AGTK works on
> 64bit
> > Windows?  I have a colleague who is interested in running it on 64bit
> > Windows but unfortunately the AG website doesn't detail whether it
> > works or not and I personally haven't tried it.
> > 
> > Tom, would it be possible to indicate on the AG website, what windows
> > versions are actually supported...  XP, Vista, etc.
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > Jason.
> > 
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