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>> The confusion here is that Sindi posted at
>> http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/blfiles.htm that
>> "OPERA 7.23 or 8.52 (or probably also 8.54) or
>> 9.2X NEEDS glibc 2.2.5 " along with the contents

> Anything that works with glibc 2.2.5 will also work with any later glibc,
> unless the glibc was compiled to need a certain kernel (or later).

> Opera 7 and later will work with glibc 2.2.5 from Slackware 8.1, or glibc
> 2.3.1 from Slackware 9.0, or later glibc.  But Slackware 9.1 and later
> glibc's were compiled to only work with a 2.4 or later kernel, and BL3.50
> has a 2.2 kernel. So for BL3.50 you can use glibc 2.2.5 or 2.3.1 (or
> compile your own version of a later glibc, but why bother?).  I used 2.2.5
> because I have Slackware 8.1 CD and don't want to download glibc from 9.0.

Actually went ahead and downloaded both Opera 8.52 -and- 9.21
Ran the same tar -xzvf and Opera<dir>/install.sh script on both versions.
In both cases, starting Opera gave me the exact same error message like this:
"Locales not supported with this x server
Call to XQueryColors() failed.
Falling back to black/white display"

What pkg or Slackware-version library could provide the proper locales
or properXQueryColors ??
Could not find a localedef either in the BL3-installed /usr/bin or in
any of the Slackware 4.0 packages.