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> The dependencies for Firefox 1.5.0.12 gtk1:
> ------------------------------------------
> libpthread.so.0
> libdl.so.2
> libgtk-1.2.so.0
> libgdk-1.2.so.0
> libgmodule-1.2.so.0
> libglib-1.2.so.0
> libXext.so.6
> libX11.so.6
> libm.so.6
> libstdc++.so.6
> libgcc_s.so.1
> libc.so.6
>
> The tricky one is libstdc++.so.6.  As far as I
> can tell, version 6 of that library first came
> in with Slackware 11.  So I upgraded my BL2
> libraries with the solibs, elflibs and cxxlibs
> packages from Slackware 11.  Unfortunately,
> those libraries do not work with a 2.2 kernel,
> so I'm using a 2.4 kernel now.
>
> Somebody may find an simpler way to fulfill
> the libstdc++.so.6 dependency without a full
> library and kernel upgrade.

I put Slackware 11 on a separate partition to experiment with so I could 
test out precompiled programs before attempting to compile for BL2. It 
came with libstdc++.so.6 and Firefox 1.5.0.7.  When chrooted typing 
firefox just produces a blank grid.  Would BL2 icewm work in SW11?

I have in BL2 (from SW7.1 and 8.1?)
libstdc++-2-libc6.1-1-2.9.0.so  = so.2
libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so  = so.3
Might one of these work instead of so.6 or is it missing features?

Can the so.6 library be compiled against glibc 2.2.5 from Slackware 
8.1, which works with kernel 2.2?  (Slackware 9.1 and later 
glibc require the later kernel).  Or can it be compiled statically?

I can't even find the source code for version 6, which may be part of gcc, 
which is 74M tar.gz, or the core is only 29M.  Is it worth trying to 
compile the latest gcc 4.3.3 against glibc 2.2.5 or 2.3.1?  Or should we 
all give up and switch to later glibc and gcc etc?

Will there be a kernel 2.4 BL4?  There are now 'old laptops' around for 
under $50, 300MHz with 128MB RAM.  Cardbus support would also be welcome, 
as 233MHz and later laptops support it.

Sindi

> Cheers,
> Steven