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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!solace!nntp.se.dataphone.net!nntp.uio.no!news.maxwell.syr.edu!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.javanet.com!not-for-mail From: "John D. Szumowski" <harpo@javanet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x Subject: Re: Netscape Java stopped working!? Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 21:15:55 -0500 Organization: JavaNet Cafe Lines: 69 Message-ID: <334AFBDB.167EB0E7@javanet.com> References: <3347D903.15FB7483@neomorphic.com> <gpierceE88nFx.368@netcom.com> <334A7907.167E@cs.ucc.ie> NNTP-Posting-Host: spfl-us243.javanet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38759 comp.infosystems.www.browsers.x:9553 lumpy wrote: > > 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 > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > lumpy@cs.ucc.ie http://interzone.ucc.ie/lumpy > > Reason 69 why Kirk is better then Picard: > One Word: Iman. Could it be, perhaps, that netscape is unable to find your java_301 file? Check the readme. Mine is in /usr/local/netscape/java/classes/. The other might be ok, but this is something to check... HTH. -- =/////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| | John Szumowski - harpo (at) javanet (dot) com | | http://www.javanet.com/~harpo | =\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\//////////////////////////|