Author: Unknown
Email: Unknown
Date Submitted: April 16, 1998
Edited by: David S. Jackson <dsj@dsj.net>
Status: New Entry
Releases: | 4.0 to current
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Platform: | Intel
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Category: | Application Notes
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Category Listing: | More on installing and fixing Netscape 3.01. |
Issue:
Netscape 3.01 has the nasty habit of crashing when loading certain types of pages and of generally being unstable. Applying certain available "fixes" will reduce if not eliminate this problem.
Content:
- get the file "libXpm-4.7.tar.gz" from redhat 4.0 cdrom 4
(directory /cdrom/sunsite/libXpm-4.7.tar.gz), unpack it,
copied "libXpm.so.4.7" to "/lib", softlink "libXpm.so.4.7"
to "/lib/libXpm.so.4", run "ldconfig" a few times.
- get the file "gnumalloc.tar.gz" from
"lynx www.blackdown.org:/java-linux/downloads",
unpack it, copy "gnumalloc.so" to "/lib/gnumalloc.so",
run "ldconfig" a few times.
- get the file "netscape-v301-export.x86-unknown-linux-elf.tar.gz"
from ftp.netscape.com:/pub/navigator/3.01/unix/", unpack it,
create the directory "/usr/local/netscape/java/classes",
copy "java_301" into it, copy "netscape" to
"/usr/local/bin/netscape.3.01".
- create the executable file "/usr/local/bin/netscape" containing
the following:
#!/bin/bash
export CLASSPATH=/usr/local/netscape/java/classes/java_301
export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/gnumalloc.so
exec /usr/local/bin/netscape.3.01
- to solve the "can't backspace in netscape" problem, create a
file in your home directory called ".xmodmap" containing the
following
keycode 22=BackSpace
then add the following to your ".Xclients" file
xmodmap ~/.xmodmap
- to configure "netscape" so that you don't have to manually
position/size it every time it starts up, append something
like the following to ~/.Xdefaults
Netscape.Navigator.geometry: 950x700+20+20
- to get realaudio sound support under netscape, download the free
realaudio player from "www.realaudio.com", unpack it, and follow
the directions in README.FIRST.
- sometimes it's necessary to SHIFT-click on a file to download
it.
References:
Red Hat User FAQ, Application Notes: question number 3.