What type of images can you see, when surfing the Internet. Go to different web pages and check the image properties.
Also see if Konq can open picture on your local hard drive.
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From --)> Siri Amrit Kaur <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
Date --)> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:12:05 -0700
Subject --)> Re: "Missing text" in browsers
> 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
>
> >
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> >
> > 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
> > >
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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
> > > >
> > > > > 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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