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From: jmrueda@diatel.upm.es (Javier Martin Rueda )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Backspace doesn't work in Netscape
Date: 26 May 1997 14:44:29 GMT
Organization: Dpt. Ing. Telematica
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>: 	I'm using Netscape 2.x under FreeBSD 2.1  The backspace
>: key doesn't work.  It's rather annoying to have to highlight text
>: with the mouse and retype.  Any suggestions on what may help?  
>: Also, if I try to paste any text into the netscape window, it
>: core dumps and dies, any suggestions?

About the core dump, if I remember well, the installation instructions
said that that was a known bug of the X11R5 library, or something like
that. The solution was to create a certain symbolic link, which I think
it was one or two of these (look at the netscape docs):

	ln -s X11R6 /usr/X11
	ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/lib/X11

In any case, I'm sure the docs mentioned something on core dumping when
you pasted text into a text box, and how to avoid it very easily.