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Re: 8.5: motif & Debian testing (etch)

Subject: Re: 8.5: motif & Debian testing etch
From: Eirik Byrkjeflot Anonsen
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 10:00:15 +0200
Newsgroups: opera.linux
furufuru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I installed Opera 8.50 on a Debian testing (etch) box and
> got the error message cited below.  The package was
> opera_8.50-20050916.6-shared-qt_en_etch_i386.deb .
> I have the lesstif2 package installed.
>
> Next, I downloaded and installed the Opera package for Debian
> stable (sarge), opera_8.50-20050916.5-shared-qt_en_sarge_i386.deb,
> which works without the error.
>
> Well, I'm happy with this for the moment, but since difference
> between the stable and testing distributions becomes wider
> and wider as time goes on, I'd eventually like to switch to
> the etch version of opera.  Could someone tell me what's wrong
> with the etch version?
>
> By the way, although I didn't mind the add banner, 8.50 is
> a huge boost when I recommend Opera to friends!  Before, I
> had to add, ". . . the only potential drawback is the
> add banner," after praising Opera.
>
> Regards,
> Ryo
>
> === error message on start up =========================
> Opera encountered a problem during plug-in setup.
> Plug-ins will not work properly.
> Check your installation.
>
> Could not start plug-in executable 'operamotifwrapper'.
> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/operamotifwrapper-3
> Please install Motif.
>
> Plug-in path
> (Path can be modified in Preferences dialog)
>
> /usr/lib/opera/plugins
> /home/amakihi/furue/.netscape/plugins
> /usr/lib/opera/plugins/
> /home/amakihi/furue/.netscape6/plugins
> /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> /usr/local/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux
> /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6

Try to execute /usr/lib/opera/plugins/operamotifwrapper-2 from the
command line.  It should tell you that it is a helper application for
opera.

The error message essentially means that none of the
operamotifwrappers would run, so I just want to be sure that
operamotifwrapper-2 really does work.

eirik


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