[cw-discuss] iTunes & Debian

[Steven Edwards]

> I run Debian  etch, plain ole 32 bit, and cannot get iTunes to run.  It 
> spawns so many processes that memory runs out, and trying to do 
> anything else causes skipping.  Running another prog is, of course, 
> impossible.  I used to run Gentoo, and assumed then that the problem 
> was somehow endemic to it.  But it recurs under Debian.  I tried the 
> beta, but experienced the same problem.  My Debian is a stock install, 
> nothing special.  I wonder if other Debian users run iTunes 
> successfully, and if so, if anything special was done.  Thanks.

There seems to be a regression in regards to itunes under 6.0 so I?ve filed a bug report for this and asked a dev to take a look. It should all be fine under 5.0.x

Thanks
Steven