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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!wdcpop.dra.net!news.dra.com!news.visi.net!news.mathworks.com!news-peer.gsl.net!ix.netcom.com!gpierce From: gpierce@netcom.com (Greg Pierce) Subject: Re: Netscape Java stopped working!? Message-ID: <gpierceE88nFx.368@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x Organization: Netcom On-Line Services X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3347D903.15FB7483@neomorphic.com> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 22:50:21 GMT Lines: 32 Sender: gpierce@netcom3.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38598 comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x:9509 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