Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 17:51:55 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: report: Netscape 6, prerelease3 Message-ID: <20001006175154.B252@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010052327220.54697-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>; from julian@elischer.org on Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:40:08PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010052327220.54697-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:40:08PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Downloaded the required libs first (see dependencies in netscape6 (PR1) > port) > > then downloaded the installer (very quick... it's small compared to > netscape) > > ran it. > it produced a window (I guess you need to run X before running it) > and downloaded a LOT of stuff. hey > appeared in a temporary directory in /var/tmp > (on my system) (/tmp points there so I don't know where it THOUGHT it was > puting them...) > the files have an extension of .xpi, but 'file' reports them as ZIP files. > and unzip can read them. > as it started to unpack the files, the installer core-dumped with > a seg-fault so instalation stopped. > > I unpacked the rest of the .xpi files (using unzip) by hand > and doing > cd {unpack dir} > cd bin > ./netscape > seemed to run a script that ran another script that ran > a binary of some sort. I loaded a bunch-o-stuff > and then > the following messages appeared.. > > cmd mozilla-bin pid 434 tried to use non-present sched_get_priority_max > cmd mozilla-bin pid 434 tried to use non-present sched_get_priority_min > cmd mozilla-bin pid 437 tried to use non-present sched_setscheduler > > the binary then goes into some sort of endless wait. > > top shows it alternating between 'poll' and RUN > but I have no idea what it is waiting on. > > maybe someone has gone further.. > Alfred Perlstein has. From -chat: Subject: new netscape6 is awesome! From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:21:06 -0700 To: chat@freebsd.org For some reason my linux-netscape4 stopped working so I upgraded my expired netscape6 to the latest PR3 version. It's pretty awesome, too bad it doesn't seem to have a newsreader. > he Linux emulation may need to be tweeked somewhere but I'm not sure how > to find out how to see what it's waiting on. > (I think TRUSS can do linux programs and may be able to say what it's > waiting on but I'm not sure about that..) > > Julian > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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