Very Computer

Hi,

I have RedHat6.0 distribution installed on my laptop as well as
apache HTTP server (configured only for loopback i.e. 127.0.0.1).
When I load an HTML page in the Netscape browser (either 4.51 or 4.7)
everything is fine except if the page contains a Java applet....

Can someone tell me what is wrong ? and how I can solve this problem ?

Thanks a lot,
   E.G.

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Before you buy.

Look at the RedHat web page.  They have faqs on various problems,
which are a bit tricky to find, but you should be able to figure
out where they are.  The one on netscape suggests several
solutions to this problem.  The first is to use the program
chkfontpath --list
to see if the 75dpi fonts (not 75dpi unscaled) are listed.
If they aren't, then us chkfontpath --add to add them.  They
give detailed instructions about his.
The second is to look at your .mailcap file.  If it contains
a certain line about java, you are supposed to delete it.
Finally, not mentioned in the faq, you may want to add the
approriate MOZILLA_HOME environmental variable.  (That is
recommended somewhere on netscape's web page, but it almost
certainly is irrelevant).

One of these measures may or may not solve your problem.

Thus, there seems to be some memory leak involving java
which persists in all versions we've tried, (with the
above fixes in place).  Once one runs java, netscape seems
to use more and more memory until it hangs.  You can then kill
netscape and start it again.

We would dearly like to know what is causing this problem and
what if anything we can do to resolve it.

-

Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208

Yeah, the Java VM that comes with RH 6.0 is broke.  You can dowload a
fix for netscape from the RedHat website.
--
Dan Waites

Quote:> Yeah, the Java VM that comes with RH 6.0 is broke.  You can dowload a
> fix for netscape from the RedHat website.

Where is it?
I have looked on the RH site, but couldn't find it.

- Kev

There is nothing the matter with the Java VM that came with RedHat that
breaks anything Java doesn't break elsewhere. If anything sux it isn't
Netscape but Java hehe - not least the various implementations in
obscure clones.

There is, however, someting seriously wrong with the installation
routine in RedHat6 and 6.1. A tiny tiny error regarding a missing
fontpath, but none the less it renders a vital user-app in a flaky
state.

If you ask me, no single company have damaged Netscape's reputation more
than Redhat managed with that stunt. They did it in 6.0 - and repeated
the success in 6.1.
Even if solutions aren't always easy to find at RH's website, this one
is THERE. It should have been in war-sized type on the first page but at
least it finally made #1 in the FAQ.

Check out:

http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support?faq

Covers the error and the fix. However, the advisory it consistant. Seems
the one who wrote it didn't consult RH's own whitepaper on the new
fontsystem. When you use chkfontpath to add or remove a fontpath, there
is no need to rehash xfs - it has already been done.

K.
--
Step by step guide to TrueType fonts under RedHat6:
http://home.powertech.no/rkaa/linux.html#ttf

Quote:

> There is, however, someting seriously wrong with the installation
> routine in RedHat6 and 6.1. A tiny tiny error regarding a missing
> fontpath, but none the less it renders a vital user-app in a flaky
> state.

The font path fix has never worked for me, in 3 versions of Netscape.
From browsing this newsgroup, I see more and more people are having the same
problem as me.

Quote:

> If you ask me, no single company have damaged Netscape's reputation more
> than Redhat managed with that stunt.

Agreed.

Quote:> They did it in 6.0 - and repeated
> the success in 6.1.
> Even if solutions aren't always easy to find at RH's website, this one
> is THERE. It should have been in war-sized type on the first page but at
> least it finally made #1 in the FAQ.

It's been no. 1 for _ages_. It doesn't work though.

- Kev

Then I may have another solution. A little more work but try this:

Go to to the .netscape folder in your homedir and delete (or rename!)
these files:

preferences.js
liprefs.js

Must be done while Netscape is NOT running.

When you start it, it'll act like you're starting for the first time,
and ask for various settings - then it creates those files anew.

Well worth a try.

Also, make sure you don't have the last path-slash added in the fontpath
to the 75dpi fonts - that isn't valid.

should be

/usr/sbin/chkfontpath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi

(Andcheck that you actually HAVE fonts in that dir...)

As the FAQ mentions, also check your ~/.mailcap file (cat .mailcap)
Remove this line if you find it:
  application/x-javascript;;\ x-mozilla-flags=save

But the first "silly trick" - deleting the js files in .netscape tends
to clear up a few things.

K.

--
Step by step guide to TrueType fonts under RedHat6:
http://home.powertech.no/rkaa/linux.html#ttf