On Tuesday 14 September 2004 03:04 pm, Jared Anderson wrote:
> To rule out your /etc/hosts file:
>
> mv /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.whatever
> echo '127.0.0.1 localhost' > /etc/hosts
>
You're right. It's something in the hosts file. But I'm stumped as to what it
is. I made sure there are no lines referring to Slashdot or OSDN. So I found
the old hosts file I used to use and replaced the updated one with that older
one. Now Slashdot displays properly, just like it used to.
Thank you all for your help.
Siri Amrit
> --)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
>
> From --)> Siri Amrit Kaur <tigerflag@tigerflag.com>
> Date --)> Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:33:02 -0700
> Subject --)> Re: "Missing text" in browsers
>
> > On Tuesday 14 September 2004 01:34 pm, Jared Anderson wrote:
> > > What type of images can you see, when surfing the Internet. Go to
> > > different web pages and check the image properties.
> >
> > I can see all the .jpg and .gif images at Amazon.com. I can save the page
> > and view it offline with Konqueror and all the images show up.
> > From Slashdot, I went to Sourceforge where I can see the .png and .jpg
> > images. Went to ThinkGeek and can see .gif and .jpg images.
> > Various gardening sites I visit have a lot of .jpg images and I can see
> > those, as well as the .gif and .jpg link images .
> > Clicking on a lot of my bookmarked pages, I don't see any other broken
> > image links, besides Slashdot's, except at drudgereport where he has a
> > lot of pop-unders that are blocked in my /etc/hosts file. But I can see
> > other .jpg images there.
> >
> > Siri Amrit
> >
> > > Also see if Konq can open picture on your local hard drive.
> > >
> > > --)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > > > --)> 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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