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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news3.near.net!paperboy.wellfleet.com!newsmaster From: Robert Withrow <bwithrow@baynetworks.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: java under netscape3.0 on FreeBSd-2.1.5 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:18:16 -0400 Organization: Bay Networks, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <322303A8.41C67EA6@baynetworks.com> References: <4vlf4n$ek4@overload.lbl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: dino.wellfleet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b7 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Jin Guojun[ITG] wrote: > > Java applets can run under netscape2.02 on Sun Sparc and display on FreeBSD. > It will not run under netscape3.0 on any platforms and display on FreeBSD. > It can run under netscape3.0 on FreeBSD and display on Sun workstation. > > Does any know what things are missing on FreeBSD to make this happening? There is a bug somewhere, but no one has 'fessed up yet. (I suspect netsape). Anyway, as someone else has pointed out, run the X font server, and use that instead of local fonts and things work. -- Robert Withrow -- (+1 508 436 8256) BWithrow@BayNetworks.com