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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> BL3.40 with glibc 2.2.5 (SW8.1)
>
> xv (Slackware 7.1) from BL2.  

It would have been better to use the xv from Slackware 4.0.

> The X libraries that I added are from SW7.1

It would have been better to add the BL3 X-library package.

> but libX11.so.6.1 is the one that came with BL3.40 

That's libc5.  So now you've got a mixture of glibc2 
X libraries and libc5 X libraries.  That's not good.

> Should I replace the BL3.40 libX11.so.6.1 with the SW7.1 
> libX11.so.6.1, 

That would be better.

> Also libXext?

Assuming that your current libXext is libc5, then yes it 
would be better to use a libXext that is consisten with
your other X libraries.

> Has anyone else used the SW7.1 xv with BL3.40?

The xv in Slackware 4.0 is version 3.10a.  The xv is 
Slackware 7.1 is version 3.10a.  There is absolutely 
no upside in using the Slackware 7.1 package -- but 
there is plenty of downside.

> Maybe there is a SW4.0 xv that would work better?

BL3 is designed to use use packages from Slackware 4.0.
Packages from Slackware 7.1 are not recommended.

BTW why are installing xv?  Is xli (already in BL3)
not good enough?

> Is there some file that tells X where to look for fonts?

/etc/XF86Config


Cheers,
Steven