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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: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 17:57:43 +0100
Organization: UCC Computer Science Dept.
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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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