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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ais.net!ameritech.net!uunet!in3.uu.net!204.147.226.2!quack!news.scruz.net!usenet From: David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x Subject: Re: Netscape Java stopped working!? Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 22:15:19 -0700 Organization: Neomorphic Software, Inc. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <334882E7.41C67EA6@neomorphic.com> References: <3347D903.15FB7483@neomorphic.com> <gpierceE88nFx.368@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.179.107.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38629 comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x:9515 Hmmm. Strange indeed. I *can* successfully run remote java apps and display on my local FreeBSD 2.2.1 XFree86 server. So there seems to be more than one problem abuzz. Anyone else? I'm desperate. -david kulp. Greg Pierce wrote: > > I have the exact same problem. Thought it was just me. Guess not. > I have one additional weirdness though, which is even if I telnet > to another box, say a solaris box, then run its netscape over X > to my FreeBSD box, the java stuff doesn't work! it exibits the > same symptoms as if I were running the local BSD copy. very > weird. > > David Kulp (dkulp@neomorphic.com) wrote: > : Dear fellow BSD-ers or Unix Netscape Navigator users, > > : Since upgrading to FreeBSD 2.2.1, netscape navigator no longer > : will run any Java applets. This may be coincidental to the OS > : upgrade. I also installed the linux navigator running in emulation > : mode, and this, too, simply ignores any java applet code -- or so it > : seems. > > : The java console never displays. My Options/Network Prefs.../Languages > : is set to run Java. /usr/local/lib/netscape/java_301 exists, > : has been re-installed from the distribution, and has a+r perms. > : No proxies are in use. No classes are ever downloaded, according to > : the message bar. > > : I'm at a loss to explain what could be causing this problem, but > : it's vital to my work that I'm able to run java. > > : I'd appreciate any and all suggestions on what may be the problem! > > : Very much obliged, > : -david kulp. > : dkulp@neomorphic.com