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Date:      Wed,  1 Nov 2000 16:03:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Craig Burgess <craig-burgess@home.net>
Cc:        alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Of mice, XFree86, & Netscape
Message-ID:  <14848.33976.346332.732488@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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Craig Burgess writes:
 > Andrew Gallatin wrote:
 > > 
 > > Craig Burgess writes:
 > >  >
 > >  > FWIW, I also discovered that Java is broken as far as Netscape is
 > >  > concerned. Visiting www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=1 should set up the
 > >  > browser to run a Java applet (speed test) but Netscape 4.75 on the
 > >  > Alpha says it cannot (so something) with the background color and
 > >  > fails to load the applet.
 > > 
 > > Hrmph.  It works just fine for me:
 > > 
 > > Test running.........
 > > ** Speed 655(down)/26(up) kbps **
 > > (At least 13 times faster than a 56k modem)
 > > Finish.
 > 
 > Good!  I'm pleased that you tried it and that it worked; it tells me
 > that I've messed up something or it **would** work. Sadly, I lack the

My only thought is that java is upset at your X display's colour
depth.  I'm running at 16bpp.  I'm also running XF86 4.0.1

Drew


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