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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, David Moberg wrote:

> I wrote:
>
> > I got the same problem if I only copied over the
> > libraries manually. But after I downloaded and
> > installed the glibc-solibs package from SW81,
> > it started working. I am currently typing this
> > message from the latest version of Opera, (.deb
> > in .tgz format, static QT edition) on BL3.40.

Why .deb?  I just downloaded the generic static QT 8.51 version
which unpacked itself to an /opera-8.51... directory.  Did your version 
install properly?  I have not tried installing mine again yet.

> After further experimentation, Opera seems to want
> /etc/host.conf and libresolv, despite the fact that ldd
> shows no dependency. I wonder if this would also fix your static lynx
> binary. More trial and error should reveal exactly why it needs these 
> files.

Static lynx did work when I installed all of glibc, so you may be right. 
I thought it was static for everything (openssl, ncurses, zlib, libc).
Your uclibc package works fine, don't need mine any more.

I have Opera working, now that you pointed out it needed more libraries 
than shown by ldd.

BL3.32 already had host.conf - I will check BL3.40 for it.

I installed the entire solibs package then gradually renamed libraries. 
First I guessed that libnss_dns was needed for online use and it was. 
libresolv was also needed - does it resolve dns numbers?  The others were 
not needed.  I now also have a new ldd based on libc.6, but doubt it is 
needed for opera.

glibc 2.2.5 solibs:

/sbin/ldconfig (static)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2

libc.so.6  (they are links if you install or cp -a, otherwise actual libs)
libm.so.6
libdl.so.2
libpthread.so.0
libresolv.so.2
libnss_dns.so.2

This comes to about 1.5MB of libraries instead of 7.5MB (plus ldconfig and 
ld-linux).

Should I post a package of these libraries for use with Opera in BL3?

(There are also unrelated lib*.so.2 libraries from BL3:  libext2fx, 
libtermcap, libcom_err.)

Installing the BL3 icewm package provides all the needed X libraries.

Is JP's links2 for BL2/svgalib ssl-capable?  If so, I will also get that 
working because my friend really likes using the arrow keys to navigate in 
links, and 'q a TAB' are too much for him in Opera.

If there is a more recent version of links2 out, maybe someone could 
compile it statically for BL3, or uclibc, with ssl support.  (Maybe me, 
with help).

Links2 for BL2 needs libpng, libjpeg, and libtiff, which I provided in my 
netpbm package for BL3 (to be used with his photos) and libvga, which I 
can copy from BL2.  BL2 zgv also needs libvgagl.  David compiled a static 
zgv for use with the 1-floppy USB-storage 2.4.31-kernel linux.



We were given a digitizer tablet that Calcomp actually wrote a linux 
driver for, with instructions for use in X.  XFree 3 or 4, libc6.  Usable 
as a serial mouse, like a touchpad but using a stylus that also has a 
right button on it.  I will try it in BL2 and BL3.  A Fellowes 'internet 
touchpad' Glidepoint that came with Windows drivers on CD works as a 
simple serial mouse in DOS and linux (svgalib and X).  They did not offer 
linux support for the fancy buttons (email, media, zoom...) which probably 
only work with IE.  The touchpad even with buttons is smaller than a mouse 
pad.

David, thanks again.

Sindi