[CLUE-Tech] Netscape 6 on Maximum Linux Mag CD-ROM Not Working - RH6.2

[Jim Intriglia]

Nuts.

I had installed Netscape 6 on my RH V6.2 PC a while back, via a tarball 
dowload (netscape-i686-pc-linux-gnu-installer.tar.gz) and it actually 
installed fine (booted on first try!). Cool.

Problem was, SSL was not compiled in by default, so accessing a web site 
that used SSL (https) locked NS6. Also, accessing Hotmail locked up NS6 
(found the manual fix for that.)

I just received the March/April issue of Maximum Linux, the CD-ROM included 
contained a Netscape 6 release (same filename as above BTW). I read about a 
NS 6.01 release in an Aussie discussion thread, and figured maybe SSL 
support was compiled-in this time around.

So, I mounted the ML CD-ROM distro and ran the NS6 installer, which detected 
the 'old' NS6 installed version, deleted it, and the ran to completion with 
no errors reported.

Now NS6 does not boot at all. Sheesh.

When I entered ./netscape in /usr/local/netscape, things whirred and lights 
flashed, but the familiar Netscape 6 browser never appeared. ps shows that 
the familiar Mozillia executable is running, along with a half-d0zen of so 
Java code threads, yet nothing is displayed -nada.

Anybody run into this problem? I've checked the Manimum Linux web site, 
Netscape web site (nothing) and the deja Linux usenet (nada), so any help is 
much appreciated.

(Still no RPM package for NS6 apparently, as well.)

Thx.

-Jim
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