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

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Jim,

Instead of installing Netscape 6, just use Mozilla. The latest
version is 0.7 and works great. This version also supports
HTTPS protocols. Be sure to remove your .mozilla directory (if
you have one), before installing. If you had this directory
from the first preview version of Netscape 6, it definitely
will cause problems with the latest version.

You can install Mozilla either from the tarballs on the Mozilla
site or from RPM's on the Mozilla site.

Alternatively, you can also get RPM's from the Galeon web
browser site. Go visit:

	http://galeon.sourceforge.net

Galeon uses the Mozilla rendering engine. It might be interesting
to check out this browser. Unfortunately, no HTTPS support in
Galeon.

Alternatively, if you are using Gnome, do visit the Eazel site
at:

	http://services.eazel.com/download/download_rpm

You can download the mozilla RPM's there. This comes with
Nautilus. BTW: I have tried Nautilus preview 3. Looks good.
However, if you have installed Evolution, Nautilus will break
Evolution. If you have done this, there are lots of pieces to
uninstall to fix this problem.

Note that if you install Nautilus using the Eazel site, it
will automatically install Mozilla if you did not install
Mozilla from RPM's.

Match

Jim Intriglia wrote:
> 
> 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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