On Tuesday 14 September 2004 12:49 pm, Jared Anderson wrote:
> I am thinking Java and / or JavaScript have nothing to do with this
> problem. Typically, that box you are referring to is an image, not js or
> java.
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> My guess is that image libraries aren't installed [properly].
>
> If the image is a jpeg.
> http://www.ijg.org/
It's the Slashdot registration page that has the text box, and I can't help
thinking that the images in Slashdot being broken might be related to the
same problem. You know, the little pictures of Bill Gates as Borg and
stuff... None of my browsers see those images, but they did in Slackware 9.1.
All I see are broken image symbols.
Siri Amrit
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> From --)> Siri Amrit Kaur <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
> Date --)> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:53:47 -0700
> Subject --)> "Missing text" in browsers
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> > I was trying to create an account at a website. The page had a little box
> > of text and numbers that I'm supposed to type into the form to insure I'm
> > a real person and not some kind of bot. The problem is, I can't see any
> > text and numbers in it. I tried Konqueror, Opera, Galeon and Mozilla.
> > None of them display the contents of that little box.
> >
> > In addition, none of the images in Slashdot show up, either. I made sure
> > they weren't blocked in my /etc/hosts file and have cookies enabled, but
> > other than that, I don't know what to do. I checked /var/log/packages and
> > it shows I have Java installed. Is this a Java problem? BTW, I'm running
> > SLackware 10. This wasn't a problem in 9.1.
> >
> > Thanks for any advice,
> > Siri Amrit
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