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> > At the seamonkey site is a 12MB precompiled binary of Seamonkey 1.1.15
> > Suite (which includes chat, IRC, and email programs) compiled for GTK 1.2
> > (and Glibc 2.3.6 - SW11 uses 2.3.4).


2.3.4 works.  2.3.1 (Slackware 9.0?) might also work.

> libxpcom
> libmozjs
> libplds4
> libplc4
> libnspr4

The above five libraries are found in the seamonkey directory and all but 
the first also in SW11 /usr/lib.

> libXi (found in Slackware 7.1)


> libgcc_s
> libstdc++.so.5

I have not found these in Slackware 7.1 or seamonkey.  Where would we get 
them precompiled for older glibc?  The ones found in Slackware 11 require 
glibc 2.3.6. The other libraries come with precompiled seamonkey and seem 
to work with glibc 2.2.5.  (The site says they need 2.2.4).  Supposedly 
you need only libstdc++ 2.9.0 but ldd says libstdc++.so.5 Not found.

> I already have libgtk and libgdk and libglib 1.2, libgmodule 1.2, from
> Slackware 8.1 or earlier.

The version that downloads using the installer (choose just Navigator to 
get 11MB files) is 1.0.5, and it installs itself to various directories 
such as /usr/local/seamonkey (33MB of files including the libraries) 
instead of unpacking to /seamonkey.  It has a few more dependencies 
(libpango*, libgobject).

The 12MB gtk1 version is 1.1.15 with security fixes and contains email, 
IRC, and HTML editor, and unpacks to 39MB (including some libraries that 
SW11 already has in /usr/lib).  It should work with BL2 if we upgrade 
glibc.  I know it will work with glibc 2.3.6 and the other libraries from
Slackware 11.  But I would rather use older glibc.

Could someone with broadband and glibc 2.3.1 (Slackware 9.0) please check 
if that is adequate, and if there is libstdc++.so.5 and libgcc_s for 
Slackware 9.0?

Another list member suggests using a VOIP modem instead of a computer to 
turn broadband into phone line.  No software required.

Sindi