Netscape and RedHat.. Just wondering if you are a way to view streaming
media and other such stuff that one runs across while using
Netscape. Maybe you found a way to do that too? I would appreciate knowing
as I am stuck right now. Site locations etc would be helpful if you know
of any..
At 08:33 AM 18/12/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>I've installed N6 on a RedHat 7 box and the install was flawless - did it as
>root. The N6 proggy works very nice as well and so far, no bugs that I can
>tell - much, much better than the 4.x Netscrapp. Believe me, this is very
>hard for me to admit, I've long been a Netscape hater.
>
>Just my two pennies...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Kieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 8:10 PM
>Subject: Re: Netscape 6 follies
>
>
> > That is you are luckier than me at least you have it
> > run, I never be succesful installing NS6, the
> > installer always fails , can not install xpi. file or
> > something. So I took my d*** off that....
> >
> > A.. Long time a go, when I just download a big (not
> > so big if compares to Com 4.7x ) and run the install
> > script localy, I could install it!. This is probably
> > preview version ... but too buggy. I just wonder what
> > Netscape people do huh?.... It is really dissapointed.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Romain Kang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
> > OK, I have loaded Netscape 6 for Linux. It's got
> > > some nice polish,
> > > but NS6's problems leave me give doubts whether I
> > > should even bother
> > > writing up all the problems and hope someone will
> > > address them. I
> > > recall some browser discussion on redhat-list a
> > > while back, but I
> > > don't see any reliable archives to search.
> > >
> > > The installer is braindamaged. There are so many
> > > ways for it to
> > > break. And as far as I can tell, every time you
> > > have to re-invoke
> > > netscape-installer, it insists on downloading
> > > everything again --
> > > no way to tell it you already have the .xpi's
> > > sitting around.
> > >
> > > I'm running RH7.0 on a 750MHz Athlon machine. I got
> > > NS6 to put
> > > itself in /usr/local/netscape, and it seemed to get
> > > confused settings
> > > from an .mozilla directory in my home directory. To
> > > remedy this,
> > > I made the mistake of doing an rm -r .mozilla, and
> > > then NS6 would
> > > segfault whenever I invoked it.
> > >
> > > So I re-run netscape-installer, with a slow
> > > connection to NS's
> > > AOL-homed server. (Ack!) This time, I did an "su -
> > > root", so that
> > > it wouldn't muck with my home directory. (I
> > > previously ran a UID
> > > 0 process with my home directory set -- why is it
> > > dependent on
> > > me?!) I chose the "Recommended" installation, and
> > > apparently
> > > there's no newsreader under Linux -- I couldn't find
> > > anything
> > > Usenet-related under Edit -> Preferences -> Mail and
> > > Newsgroups.
> > >
> > > Now I try to look at a RealAudio-enabled page, and
> > > NS6 wants to
> > > download a copy. I try to get clever by doing
> > > # cd /usr/lib/netscape/plugins
> > > # find . -print | cpio -pdml
> > > /usr/local/netscape/plugins
> > > NS6 faults during startup, and spawns a TalkBack
> > > window to report
> > > home what's happened. I remove my .so's from
> > > /usr/local/netscape/plugins
> > > and see what NS6 does when I say "yes" to getting
> > > the plugin. As
> > > far as I can tell, it's just trying to reload the
> > > same old .rpm from
> > > RealNetworks. Hmm, time to see if anyone else has
> > > figured it out.
> > >
> > > For jollies, I try some other plugins. The speed
> > > test from
> > > dslreports.com wants a JRE plugin, so it happily
> > > downloads jre.xpi
> > > (15.5 MB), and fails without providing any hints to
> > > me. Ugh.
> > >
> > > Time to declare victory and go home...
> > >
> > > Romain Kang Disclaimer:
> > > I speak for myself alone,
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] except when
> > > indicated otherwise.
> > >
> > >
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