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> > I downloaded and unpackaged mplayerplug-in 3.31
> > from linuxpackages.net (which I think you said
> > you used)
>
> No, I did not remember exactly where I got the
> mplayerplug-in (although I did mention that it
> is available at linuxpackages).
>
> > and it produced 5 so and 5 xpt files,
>
> Yes, that's what I got too.
>
> > which I copied to firefox (as instructed by the
> > mozilla plugins documentation for linux).
>
> You put them in the top firefox directory?
> That's strange.

By 'firefox as instructed' I mean I copied them to

/firefox*/plugins and /firefox*/components,

> > Now when I run firefox, on exit I see that these
> > libraries require GTK2,
>
> Right, it's GTK2.  You obviously need the GTK1 version.

Linuxpackages 2.66 is also GTK2.

> > Steven, didn't you say you got version 3.31 and
> > also that you chose Firefox 1.5 to avoid gtk2?
>
> Yes, I said I got version 3.31 because I understood
> that was the version for Firefox 1.5.  However, most
> pre-compiled Firefox 1.5 packages were designed for
> gtk2.  Remember:  I was only able to find one source
> (in Japan) for a gtk1 Firefox 1.5.
>
> Since most pre-compiled Firefox 1.5 packages were
> gtk2, it makes sense that your mplayerplug-in was
> gtk2.  Obviously, I found a gtk1 version of the
> mplayerplug-in.  We just need to find it again.
>
> I am looking for it now.

Me too.  I found a DSL 4.4 posting where someone complained that their 
Firefox 'Bon Echo' 2 is GTK1 and the mplayer plugin is GTK2.  Their advice 
was to upgrade to Firefox 3/GTK2.

If we will have the same problem with all plugins other than adblock, what 
do you think about installing GTK2 in BL2?  Slackware 11 has it for glibc 
2.3.6 (but Firefox 3 still did not load for me in SW11).  It is larger 
than GTK1 but glibc 2.3.6 is larger than 2.3.1 and has proved useful.

The latest stable Seamonkey 1.1.15 is available for GTK1 or GTK2 (but 2 
beta based on the same code as Firefox 3 I think only for GTK2).

The latest mplayer plugin (like Firefox 3) apparently will not compile 
with GTK1.

The old Mplayer GUI used GTK1.2 . With version 1.0pre8 and newer the 
(preferred) GUI uses GTK2.

To use the GKT1 gui you need to compile it yourself with --enable-gtk1.

To compile mplayer plugin you need the Mozilla development files (which 
for seamonkey were 365MB unpackaged) and gecko-sdk and GTK development 
files.

If we are jumping from Slackware 9 to Slackware 11 why not take that one 
additional step to GTK2 to avoid having to hunt so hard for precompiled 
programs  (and plugins) that we can use with BL?

I found a precompiled gtk1 mplayer-plugin 3.55 for NetBSD.


Sindi