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

> > > 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?

The SW71 lesstif.tgz package includes a large number of files ending in .h 
(headers) and a few in .a and .la needed only for compiling, also a few 
binaries one of which is mwm motif window manager (do we need the others?) 
and a bunch of man and doc files.

There are Motif 1.2 and 2.0 libraries, two each, totalling about 1.3M for 
each version, which I packaged (along with README and INSTALL) as
http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/lesstif-libs-SW71.tgz (under 1MB)
in case other people want to try this smaller package.

Do we need Motif 1.2 and 2.0 or just the later one of these?

Unpackage in /usr/X11R6/LessTif

After unpackaging these four libraries and renaming the flash .so and .xpt 
files (taking off .bak) I started opera and went to Preferences Plug-Ins 
and it now lists flash as the second plug-in (it may have found it last 
time when I told it to do Find New).  Maybe I should have restarted opera 
instead of telling it to Find New.

If I rename the two Motif directories I can still start Opera  and Flash 
is still listed as a plugin so I don't think I Motif for 
Opera 7.

Disneychannel now says i need a later version of Flash (this is the latest 
linux version, 7) instead of saying I don't have Flash.

www.shockwave.com has kids' flash games.  I keep getting popups telling me 
that the game will start shortly, then nothing else happens.

pbskids.org explains that shockwave and flash are two separate programs.
They suggest turning on sound.

I need to get my mouse working.

Can anyone suggest a good site for kids' games that does not need Flash or 
Shockwave?


Sindi