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Sindi wrote:

Steven wrote:
> I've already tried symlinking libstcd++.so.6
> to an earlier version.  It didn't work.
I tried that once too.

> > Can the so.6 library be compiled against
> > glibc 2.2.5 from Slackware 8.1, which works
> > with kernel 2.2?
>
> I think it is a gcc issue.  It appears the binary
> was compiled with a recent gcc and it expects a
> recent libgcc and libstdc.  The best way around
> this, I think, is to compile Firefox from source
> using an older gcc.  Then, hopefully, it could be
> run on glibc 2.1 (BL2) or glibc 2.2 (Slackware 8.1).

If you succeed you should get several prizes, and you might then have the 
pieces needed to compile javascript-elinks, which also needs kernel 2.4.

> > Or should we all give up and switch to later glibc
> > and gcc etc?
>
> The stock BL2 comes with glibc 2.1.  Most of us
> have already upgraded the libraries to at least
> glibc 2.2 (Slackware 8.1).  It's not a big step
> to go all the way to Slackware 11 libraries
> (although for that you need a 2.4 kernel, which
> apparently some BL2 users already have).

I posted dozens of them.  Needed for USB storage support, svgalib module 
to eliminate security problem, and other things.  (One cardbus driver 
requires 2.6 kernel, another would not compile properly with gcc 2.95.3).

> I'm saying Slackware 11 (not Slackware 12) because
> it appears that Slackware 11 was the last Slackware
> optimized for a 2.4 kernel.  Later Slackwares were
> compiled for 2.6 kernels.

Slackware 11 requires 2.4 and 12 requires 2.6?

> > Will there be a kernel 2.4 BL4?
>
> A BL4 with a small 2.4 kernel, glibc 2.3.6 and
> Xvesa?  A BL4 that runs Slackware 11 packages?
> Sounds like a pretty good platform, doesn't it.

Sound excellent.  Will it fit into 2 or even 3 floppy disks?

Could you include lucent modem support as an add-on? 
Hardware modems self-disconnect on our noisy phoneline.

> > Cardbus support would also be welcome, as
> > 233MHz and later laptops support it.
>
> BL3 is for laptops.  BL4 would be a replacement
> for BL2, so PCMCIA would not be supplied (although
> you could certainly install PCMCIA from Slackware 11).

What version kernel?  I compiled for 2.4.31 - kernel and modules includnig 
pcmcia modules.    (I could just replace yours with mine, or recompile).

> There's no cardbus in BL3 because none of my five
> laptops has cardbus.  My fastest laptop is 133MHz.

We were given, unsolicited (by people we fixed things for), two 233 and 
one 266MHz with dead hard drives, and 300MHz with broken LCD screen.  Do 
you have a local freecycle or Craigslist?


> Cheers,
> Steven