[BL] which BL? advice needed

baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org baslinux at lists.ibiblio.org
Sat Dec 8 16:39:47 EST 2007


On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Sindi wrote:

> You need to put on at least glibc 2.2.5 for Opera 8 or 9 so you may as
> well use 9.

For what it's worth, Opera 9.50 does work on BL 3.5 with the upgraded 
libraries (linked to from the BL site under the directions for installing 
Opera).

As I suspected though, making BL 3 work for an unpriviledged user looks to 
be alot more complicated than just adding the passwd.tgz program. I 
couldn't get Xvesa to run for the new user, for example. I'd say it's 
going to take alot of reverse engineering to set up BL 3 for the need I 
have in mind. I'm not up for that unless professional help--namely from 
Steven--is on offer. I've seen enough in my experiments today to know that 
I don't want to tackle that task on my own--definitely not on top of what 
I've taken on in volunteering to set up this little lab.

So, more on BL 2, under which I presume I won't have such problems. Does 
Xvesa work fine for unpriveledged users under BL 2, or should I stick with 
the full fledged X?

Thanks,
James



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