On Tuesday 14 September 2004 01:04 pm, Jared Anderson wrote:
> That box is a jpeg image. Many of the other images on that website are
> gifs.
>
> I would check for the package imlib.
/var/log/packages shows I have:
PACKAGE NAME: imlib-1.9.14-i486-2
Siri Amrit
>
> --)> 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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