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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Netscape for FreeBSD 1.1.5.1?
Date: 7 Dec 1994 03:15:31 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <3b62vt$oe2@Mars.mcs.com> mikebo@MCS.COM (Michael Borowiec) writes:
] The Subject: says it all...
] Anyone know if Netscape is available for FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and XFree86
] 2.1? I downloaded netscape.i386-unknown-bsd.B093.tar.Z from
] ftp.digital.com. The program blows-up with:
] 
] netscape: locale `C' not supported.
]         Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set correctly?
] Bad system call(coredump)

The XNLSPATH wants to be:

	/usr/X11R5/lib/X11/nls

If you have R6, you will want to copy the X11R5 nls directory, since the
locale files have changed with XFree86() 3.1.

The bad system call is, I think, sysinfo().

Upgrading to FreeBSD 2.0 or NetBSD 1.0 will fix it, as will hacking the
call into the kernel and returning the expected info.  If I have to
describe what's involved in doing that, you are better off upgrading.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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