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From: Rob van Vliet <rvv@IAEhv.nl>
Subject: Re: Fix for BSDI Netscape 3.0 Java
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References: <320B8055.6C36@ix.netcom.com> <Dvz71J.p2@slugvine.demon.co.uk> <Dw3q00.1wA@slugvine.demon.co.uk> <4v7o9b$bs@mscu.snafu.de>
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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:45:24 GMT
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Matthias Schündehütte wrote:
> 
> In article <Dw3q00.1wA@slugvine.demon.co.uk>,
> John Stark <jas@slugvine.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >I have now got it working.  Upgrading to 3.0b7 made no difference, but then
> >I found by looking through the mailing list archives that doing the following
> >enabled Java to run (logged in as root):
> >
> >  cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> >  /usr/X11R6/bin/mkfontdir
> >
> >(I've only tried one site so far, but believe it is an all-or-nothing
> >problem.)
> >This doesn't seem to have made it into the FAQ yet.
> 
> My english is too bad to understand your last sentence, but anyway....If your
> tip is valid for 2.1.5R too, it _should_ be in the FAQ! Best of all if Netscape
> mentiones this problem anywhere in their README File ... How does anybody know
> this two weeks later on?
> 
Easy: the problem is asked in com.sys.linux.x every day :), which is
(don't flame me) a good group to read for X-related issues.

Rob

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