Re: Netscape 4.72 in SuSE 6.4

[Richard <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

Richard wrote:

> 
> >         This is a well-known netscape bug. It should be on Suse's
> > database thingy (you're using suse aren't you?). I think you need to add some fonts line to your fontpath, but I can't be sure. I think you need to add support for 100dpi fonts in the fontpath. It *should* be on
> > suse's database!
> 
> Actually SuSE in their usual thoroughness have included this into the
> support database with SuSE 6.4.  All I have to do is click on a link
> in the database to download a file and that should fix Netscape.  Got
> the file haven't tried it.

I've tried the file and it's got me a bit confused.  Downloaded from

ftp://ftp.suse.com/suse_update/special/ntscp_ft.tgz.

after reading the readme I tried out various things but I think I've put
libXpm 4.6 in the wrong place.

Tried running Netscape 4.72 after applying the fix (in the wrong place
?) and Netscape mail crashed yet again when I typed in the password to
download the mail. Fortunately there is Netscape 3.01 for Unix in the
downloaded file fron SuSE and I'm using that to write to you :-)

Just out of curiosity I got hold of one of my PC Plus CDs with a tar.gz
file of Netscape 4.7 on it.  Installed it to /usr/local/netscape (normal
in SuSE is /opt/netscape/netscape) and that did the same thing as
Netscape 4.72.

If anyone can help me with this it would help a lot.  It's slightly
annoying to see Netscape crash out of site when I want to check mail.

Thanks

-- 
Richard
Sheffield UK

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