Concerning the Sylpheed_GTK1 problem:
I get the "illegal instruction" error when starting the gtk1-builds of Sylpheed and BonEcho.
The gtk1 version of Beaver is working flawlessly, so one can rule out a problem with gtk1 itself.
I did some research on the homepage mentioned in the description of BonEcho (gtk1) and apparently it was compiled on an i684-machine. (
www.lamarelle.org/mo-zi-lla/mozilla.phpThe computer I am using is an old 200MHZ Pentium, which corresponds to, as far as I know, i586.
Maybe this could be the problem? (and your problem, also?)
It would be really great, if these (gtk1) programs could be compiled in a manner, that old CPUs can make use of them.
Actually, since gtk1 programs perform significantly better on my device, it would be sad to have to use "newer"/slower software even when "older"/faster software exists but can't be used just because the system is too old for it.
By the way, TinyCoreLinux is a wonderful distribution, especially for older machines! (and I have tried many...)
Many compliments to the contributers!