That box is a jpeg image. Many of the other images on that website are gifs.
I would check for the package imlib.
--)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
From --)> Siri Amrit Kaur <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
Date --)> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:52:08 -0700
Subject --)> Re: "Missing text" in browsers
> 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
> >
> > From --)> Siri Amrit Kaur <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
> > Date --)> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:53:47 -0700
> > Subject --)> "Missing text" in browsers
> >
> > > 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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