Subject: Re: java in netscape? among other things...
From: Stuart R. Hall (gasdocstu@my-Deja.com)
Date: Sat Oct 02 1999 - 13:49:18 MDT
It's a permanent fix.
I don't know who came up with it, but I heard it a while back, tried it, and it worked fine. :)
Stuart
--- Stuart Hall (sturob@swbell.net) (gasdocstu@yahoo.com) (gasdocstu@my-Deja.com)On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 07:10:44 steve steffler wrote: > >Do I have to add this to a startup script or something, or is it a >one-time only thing? > >Thanks a lot, BTW! I'll find out whether or not it works when I can get >to the console later today. :) > >"Stuart R. Hall" wrote: >> >> Here's the fix for Linux Netscape to run Java. It's simple, it's goofy, but you can then enable Java and it works. >> >> As superuser or root, type: >> >> /usr/sbin/chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi >> >> (It is a single-line command; stupid Deja is formatting my text in too few columns for it to look right) >> >> Stuart >> >> --- >> Stuart Hall >> (sturob@swbell.net) >> (gasdocstu@yahoo.com) >> (gasdocstu@my-Deja.com) >> >> On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:23:40 steve steffler wrote: >> > >> >I recently installed YDL 1.1 from the ISO on the ftp site on a Powermac >> >6500/250, and almost everything is working fine. Things that aren't, >> >which I'm curious about: >> > >> >Appletalk - I'm part of a LAN (which I also maintain) of Macs and PCs, >> >running the Appletalk protocol. When I boot up, when it gets to the >> >section of the startup scripts which launch Appletalk, it says "too many >> >routes/iface". The LAN has four appletalk zones, seperated via three >> >hardware routers (Compatible Systems RISCrouter 4000s). . . between one >> >of the routers and the YDL machine are a couple of hubs, but that should >> >be no big deal... what gives? >> > >> >Also not working: Samba - however, I haven't attempted to poke around >> >inside of the configuration files for that one yet. >> > >> >The network connection on this machine is on eth0, and it's running >> >TCP/IP just fine... the atalkd.conf file is empty, and i've also tried >> >it with just 'eth0' in it and there is no difference in the result. >> >Anyhoo.. >> > >> >Also: netscape, java - loading in any page that tells netscape to start >> >java causes netscape to flat out die. Perhaps a java problem? In any >> >case, is there a way to recompile Netscape somehow? I take it this is a >> >custom PPC version, because I can't find a PPC compile of Communicator >> >anywhere on Netscape.com... >> > >> >Couple of other questions.. is there an office suite or a full >> >featured, X word processor (anything like StarOffice or WordPerfect for >> >Linux) that will run on a PPC version of Linux? All of the >> >installations and binaries for WP and StarOffice (that I could find, >> >anyway) wouldn't run, giving the error "Unable to execute binary file" - >> >I take it this is because I'm not running linux on an x86 machine, as >> >these programs expect? Are there any alternatives as far as a goodly >> >featured office suite for X (or a way to get Staroffice et. al to run on >> >YDL)? I need something to impress my bosses enough to use Linux for more >> >applications throughout the school I'm working for. :) >> > >> >And... linuxconf tells me that the DNS isnt' responding to its requests, >> >and it's not - I'm running MacDNS on a 7350 Workgroup server behind the >> >same router this machine is connected to the LAN through. Doing DNS >> >lookups on the internet (through the proxy server, we use internal LAN >> >IPs for all the machines except the gateway to the internet) is working >> >fine through Netscape, and I can ping the DNS server as well, but >> >linuxconf is confused and is telling me that i could be looking at major >> >problems later on as a result of this. Should I be worried? I'm >> >considering just setting up a local, caching DNS server for all of this >> >anyway, using bind, so it may not be a big deal anyway, I'm just >> >curious. Thanks, and I hope you guys can help me out on a few of these >> >questions/problems (if not all!) :) >> > >> >PS: Excellent job on the distro as a whole, I love the way X comes, KDE >> >is beautiful.. >> > >> >Steve >> > >> >-- >> >equatorial: >> >original electronic noise: http://listen.to/equatorial icq: 2690054 >> >Full Length Free MP3 downloads, RealAudio Streams and Cheap CDs >> > >> > >> > >> >> --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==-- >> Share what you know. Learn what you don't. > >-- >equatorial: >original electronic noise: http://listen.to/equatorial icq: 2690054 >Full Length Free MP3 downloads, RealAudio Streams and Cheap CDs >
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