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From: Brian Beattie <beattie@stt3.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape 3.0b6 and Java?
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:50:36 -0700
Organization: Dynamics Research Corporation, Commercial Systems
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Message-ID: <320F52CC.41C67EA6@stt3.com>
References: <320B8055.6C36@ix.netcom.com> <Dvz71J.p2@slugvine.demon.co.uk>
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John Stark wrote:
> 
> In article <320B8055.6C36@ix.netcom.com>,
> Brian Quirion  <quirion@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >Anyone out there have any luck getting this to work with
> >FreeBSD 2.1?
> >Any and all help appreciated.
> 
> I can't get it to work either.  I have set CLASSPATH to point at the
> java_30 file which I installed in /usr/local/netscape/java/classes.
> When I access a page containing a Java applet, I see no errors but I don't
> see any sign of the Java applet running either.
> 
> My version calls itself 3.0b6Gold (X11).  I don't know what the "Gold"
> signifies, but the README file suggests it ought to run Java applets.
> --
> John Stark (at home), Cambridge, UK   |   mailto:jas@slugvine.demon.co.uk
> Tel. Cambridge (01223) 573555         |   http://www.slugvine.demon.co.uk

Try the following as root:
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
/usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir

Then restart the X server.

2.1 aparently had a problem with the fonts, this will fix it.
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