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From: norbert@menetekel.kiel.org (Norbert Roeschmann)
Subject: Re: Netscape on FreeBSD
Message-ID: <EDR5BTPC@menetekel.kiel.org>
Organization: Froesche ! Froesche! Nix als FROESCHE !!!
References: <3spshj$set@cronkite.cisco.com> <3srooa$flj@news.vanderbilt.edu> <462@crane.ukc.ac.uk> <3t2osq$da4@kadath.zeitgeist.net> <450ajs$6vl@aztec.co.za> <Z3L5BMFL@menetekel.kiel.org> <gifDGBoBD.8C4@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 12:13:28 GMT
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gif@netcom.com (gif) writes:
[...]
> I also run FreeBSD 2.05, but have no problems running netscape-v112 at
>all. What I did was:
>1. 'ln -s /usr/X11R6 /usr/X11'
>2. In /usr/X11/lib/X11/ 'mkdir nls'
>3. I then extracted the tar.Z into a temp directory
>4. I copied the netscape binary to /usr/X11/bin ('cp netscape /usr/X11/bin')
>5. I copied the contents of the nls directory in my temp directory to
> /usr/X11/lib/X11/nls (the files are: 'C' and 'nls.dir')
> Optionally, if would like, you can edit the 'Netscape.ad' file that
>comes in the tar, rename it to 'Netscape' and copy it to:
>/usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/
> I did nothing else but the above things and Netscape v1.12 works
>flawlessly with my FreeBSD 2.0.5.
I repeated every step. When I start "netscape" a small window pops up,
when I try to place it on the screen it core dumps.
Greetings,
Norbert
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