Sharing iPhoto Library on an external HD with 3 macs

I had this all set up very easily at first. I had the iPhoto Lib on my external HD and was sharing it with my G5, iBook G4 and Powerbook G$ all with iPhoto 08'all running 10.4.11. Then I upgraded my G5 to a new iMac running 10.5.5 and I can choose the library on my iMac but when I tell the iBook and powerbook to chose that library it is "grayed out" in the browser and it will not allow me to choose it. Also i have always had "connect 360" working off my computer for my xbox 360 to see my photos downstairs on my tv but now that too will not reconize the library. My external drive has the "ignore permissions" selected and I have tried to create a new library to test it but I am still having the same bad luck...
Any thought and help would be greatly appreciated.
Than you

1 - sharing in a very limited sense is possiible -  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1198  -  IF and only if all versions of iPhoto that will access it are the same version
2 - since you have different versions of iPhoto on different systems you can not share amoung them - only amoung ssytems using the same version of software
3 - I have no idea what XDrive is - but note tha tthe iPhoto library must always be on a volume formatted Mac OS extended (journaled) and should be on a drive that is directly connected with a wired connection
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