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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

I have set up a test linux on a 170MB hard drive and installed the 
packages needed to run xvesa:

1.  xbin.tgz
2.  xlib.tgz (needed by Realplayer and probably other programs)
3.  xpm.tgz (needed by icewm)
4.  bl2-x.tgz

I should probably also add xfnts but things work without it - system 
fonts.

xlib.tgz is quite large - how much of it do we really need?  I know Steven 
said he got the X package down to 2M and xlib.tgz alone is 2.7M - was this 
just by deleting documentation?

I was able to install Realplayer8 on one computer and then move this drive 
to three other computers and it also installed there.

One of these computers is set up with a larger linux installation that 
includes all of these packages and lots more.  I have also upgraded the 
runtime libraries.  But not upgraded the libraries used for compilation.
I CANNOT get Realplayer8 to install on this setup.  I can put in the test 
drive and it lets me install on the same computer so it is not the 
hardware.   It is not a defective file because I plugged in both drives 
and tried to install from the copy that I now works.

I had both drives set as 'single' so it is not that.  They were both on 
the first controller.

What is different is:

1.  The physical drive itself.  It works fine for linux otherwise.
2.  The software on the drive.  Apparently something on there is causing a 
segmentation fault.  What?  This drive contains everything on the test 
drive EXCEPT the older runtime libraries.


I could also install Realplayer8 on a computer with both runtime and 
compilation libraries updated to those from SW81.

I am having trouble compiling ncurses and the problem appears to involve
glibc.so.  Perhaps it is not a good idea to mix one version (runtime) with
another version (compiler) for glibc.  I may try removing the later
runtime library temporarily and putting back the older one to see if
realplayer will install and ncurses will compile.

What package(s) do I need to reinstall the older runtime libraries?
I don't recall any cxxlibs used to install bl2 to hard drive.
Is it just glibc.tgz?

I cannot use Realplayer without the later runtime libraries unless I 
downgrade Opera, since Opera 7 needs the later libraries.