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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sol.net!spool.mu.edu!newsspool.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!eerie.fr!cnusc.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!panoramix.rain.fr!not-for-mail From: Tom Fischer <tfischer@panoramix.rain.fr> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x Subject: Re: Netscape 4.01b6 and FreeBSD - ARGH! Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 11:15:35 +0000 Organization: France Telecom Transpac Lines: 43 Message-ID: <33BB89D7.84E4AE71@panoramix.rain.fr> References: <33BB5706.E191709C@panoramix.rain.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: panoramix.rain.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01b6C [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386) CC: frank@ip.lu X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43865 comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x:10472 A quick update: I installed the linux_lib-2.4 port, turned on linux emulation, installed the communicator-v401b6-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz version, and it works wonderfully. It seems that just about everything works, java, etc. I don't really notice any slowdown, either. So, if you can afford the extra disk space taken up by the linux libs, this may be a viable option... tom tfischer@rain.fr Tom Fischer wrote: > > Hello, > > Well, it appears that neither the > communicator-v401b6-export.x86-bsdi-bsd.tar.gz nor the > communicator-v401b6-export.x86-bsdi-bsd2.tar.gz versions > now work on FreeBSD. > > I tried installing both, using the 'ns-install' script, set > all my environment variables, and nothing would even come up! > The disk would churn for a second, then I'd get a friendly > > "floating point exception" message. > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE with XFree86 3.3. > > 4.0b5 runs (I wouldn't say it runs well- java won't run in 8bpp > graphics mode...). > > Has anyone had any better luck? > > I'm now thinking of breaking down and installing the Linux > emulator and trying out the linux versions... > > tom > > tfischer@rain.fr