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

> > > > > There are a lot of games online that require Shockwave Flash.
> > > > > Steven, how did you install it, please give details.
> > > >
> > > > Please note:  SW Flash does not work on libc5 X libraries.
> > > > It does not work on BL3 (unless you upgrade the X libraries).

The X libraries used by rxvt, xinit, icewm and Opera, are (in SW71)
libX11  - 767K  (586K in BL3)
libXext - 258K
libXpm - 62K
libSM - 37K
libICE - 89K

icewm - 285K
rxvt - 78K
xinit - 10K


xpaint also wants:
libXaw - 258K
libXmu - 86K
libXt - 343K
(The others in Steven's x-libs.tgz are not used by these, or I think by 
the other games I was trying to get working).

If I get this working I might package these (or all but the last three) 
along with whatever is really needed from libtiff.tgz and post a package 
(to use along with the 997K shockwave flash for linux).

> Steven said he used SW9.0 glibc.  Does it refuse to work with glibc 2.2.5?

I will soon know.

> > Yes, netscape-type plugins such as flash require motif or lesstif.
> > slakware/x1/lesstif.tgz should work.

It is 2.5MB and includes header files for compiling.  What libraries are 
actually needed for flash to work? 
> I think Opera 7 requires you to type something into Preferences to use
> realudio plugins- file endings, etc.  And the name of the program to use.
>
> Do I need to do any of this for SW Flash in Opera 7?  I have only one .so
> library and one .xpt file and no program.

I can untar opera 8 and run it from the /bin directory without installing 
it to test it out if need be.

> David

Sindi