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From: "John D. Szumowski" <harpo@javanet.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x
Subject: Re: Netscape Java stopped working!?
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 21:15:55 -0500
Organization: JavaNet Cafe
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lumpy wrote:
> 
> Me too! My Netscape 3.01 will not display on a FreeBSD 2.1.6 machine.
> Netscape makes no attempt to download the applet, leaves a space where
> it should be on the page and gives no error at all. Basically it behaves
> exactly as if Java had been turned off.
> 
> It works fine with different X servers ( I checked ) - just not
> FreeBSD's.  Neither is it exclusive to the FreeBSD version of Netscape,
> other versions ( I tried the OSF ver ) also exhibit the problem when
> displaying to a FreeBSD machine. I also found that Netscape 2.02
> displays applets fine to the same X server.  The problem seems only to
> show when Netscape 3.01 and FreeBSD's X are combined. ( For the record,
> I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.6 )
> 
> I made a exhaustive search on the web for a mention of this problem, but
> came up dry.  It surprises me that such a bug would go un-noticed.
> Perhaps it is exclusive to particular configurations of FreeBSD?
> 
> Does anyone know the cause of this problem, or better still the fix?
> 
> 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
> 
> --
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> lumpy@cs.ucc.ie                     http://interzone.ucc.ie/lumpy
> 
>   Reason 69 why Kirk is better then Picard:
>     One Word: Iman.
Could it be, perhaps, that netscape is unable to find your java_301
file? Check the readme. Mine is in /usr/local/netscape/java/classes/.
The other might be ok, but this is something to check...
HTH.
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