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I just installed Netscape Navigator 4.05 (native FreeBSD version)
on a 2.2.5-Release system and am finding that it crashes with
a Bus error when it tries to start (load & run) a Java applet.

Everything is stored under /usr/local/lib/netscape/ ,
and MOZILLA_HOME points there, too.
Permissions on the *.jar files appear reasonable (644, owned by root).

I've been using Navigator 3.04 compiled for Intel BSD systems for a while,
and it behaves as advertised [i.e., Java applets load & run properly].

Has anyone seen this behavior?
Is there something other configuration point I'm missing to make this
work as advertised?

Cheers -- Gary

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FWIW, I'm using Navigator 4.04, and it works fine.

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Quote:> Has anyone seen this behavior?
> Is there something other configuration point I'm missing
> to make this work as advertised?

                        Robert Huff

Quote:>I just installed Netscape Navigator 4.05 (native FreeBSD version)
>on a 2.2.5-Release system and am finding that it crashes with
>a Bus error when it tries to start (load & run) a Java applet.

>Everything is stored under /usr/local/lib/netscape/ ,
>and MOZILLA_HOME points there, too.
>Permissions on the *.jar files appear reasonable (644, owned by root).

>I've been using Navigator 3.04 compiled for Intel BSD systems for a while,
>and it behaves as advertised [i.e., Java applets load & run properly].

>Has anyone seen this behavior?
>Is there something other configuration point I'm missing to make this
>work as advertised?

This jogged some other memory about having read a reference that Java may
also have difficulty with a 24bpp X server.

So -- I adjusted /etc/XF86Config to use 16bpp as default,
and NS4.05 for FreeBSD now behaves as advertised -- color icons, java, & all.
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        Any ideas?

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        CU, Victor Gamov

Quote:> I use 16 bpp as default too, but Java doesn't work in my NS-4.05
> still.  I install NS in /usr/local/lib/netscape and MOZILLA_HOME
> point to /usr/local/lib/netscape too.
>     But... :-(

>         Any ideas?

                                Robert Huff

Quote:>    I use 16 bpp as default too, but Java doesn't work in my NS-4.05 still.
>    I install NS in /usr/local/lib/netscape and MOZILLA_HOME point to
>/usr/local/lib/netscape too.
>    But... :-(

# cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
# mkfontdir *

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