Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 16:45:08 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape #2 Message-ID: <19980108004508.11029.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>
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I believe the name is: ns-setup (Not nl-setup) Rudy ---Administrator <shanmin@shell.lvdi.net> wrote: > > > > >Thanks for pointing that out! I did not know using a Microsoft Outlook would > >make that much difference in the format! Well, here's the letter again, > >corrected (I hope). If it still lacks formatting, please tell me. I > >don't want to make the same mistakes. Thank you very much for pointing > >this out! > > Hello, everybody. > I am in need of dire help. I have set up XWindows and configured my > PPP dialer in FreeBSD 2.2.2, and I just attempted to install Netscape. I > downloaded the gzip file from the netscape FTP site and stored it in the > /usr directory. I then did a > > gzip -dc "filename" | tar -xvf - > > which extracted the files. According to the Netscape site, I was then > supposed to type ./nl-install, but I could not find a "nl" file! So, at > this point, I was stuck. I did not know what to do, so I start XWindows and > started the "netscape" executable file. It opened fine, but there were some > errors when Netscape ran. For one, everytime I pressed the backspace key, > it would do a space forward instead of backwards. Everytime I open up a new > window or go to a new site, an error dialog box titled "Netscape: subprocess > diagnostic (stdout/stderr)" would come up, with the following body: > > Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate > Warning: ... found while parsing '<key>osfActivate:BullentinBoardReturn()' > Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfCancel > Warning: ... found while parsing '<key>osfCancel:BullentinBoardReturn() > "etc." > <<stderr diagnostics have been truncated>> > > Any ideas as to how to fix this problem? Please help me - I would > appreciate it. Also, my XWindows resolution is way too big, which makes the > fonts way too small, and the mouse takes forever to move. Any ideas how to > lower the resolution to fix this problem? > > You Wrote: > >Your message either contains no line breaks in paragraphs, or contains > >alternate long and short lines. This is a pain to read, and it's > >completely avoidable. I no longer reply to the contents of such > >messages. > >In case you're not aware this is happening, there is a possibility > >that it is due to your mailer, either because it is broken by design, > >or because it is incorrectly configured. I have noted that the > >following mailers seem to have problems in this area: > > "Microsoft Mail" > > Microsoft Outlook > > Mozilla (Netscape) > > exmh > >Take a look at http://www.lemis.com/email.html for further details. > >Greg > - > > > > > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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