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From: lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x
Subject: Re: Netscape Java stopped working!?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 16:12:38 +0100
Organization: UCC Computer Science Dept.
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Thanks.
Rebuilding the font directory has, at last, fixed the problem.
Thanks to everyone who helped.
Now I'm just left with mundane task of fixing each of the 84
FreeBSD machines we have. 8-)
John Murray wrote:
>
> In article <334BB74F.41C6@cs.ucc.ie>, lumpy <lumpy@cs.ucc.ie> wrote:
> >By "use the port" I presume you mean the FreeBSD port of Netscape?
> >
> >Well yes I am using the FreeBSD ver, along with the OSF ver. Both
> >will display fine to the X server on the OSF Alpha but niether will
> >display applets on FreeBSD's X.
> >
> >Thanks anyway.
> >
>
> Have you tried the advice, the port gives you:
>
> Note: If Java applets fail to display. Type this as root:
> cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir
> chmod 444 fonts.dir
> And then exit and restart your X server.
>
> This sounds like it would fix it, as any X verison won't display applets
> if the fonts.dir is not correct. These commands rebulid the fonts.dir
> so that it is correct.
>
> --
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Reason 71 why Kirk is better then Picard:
When Picard was 37, he was only Captain of the
lowly freighter, Stargazer. When Kirk was 37,
he was Captain of the flagship Enterprise.