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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:34:28 -0700
From:      patl@asimov.volant.org
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Netscape -vs- uname()
Message-ID:  <9508181534.AA29959@asimov.volant.org>

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I'm running the BSDi version of Netscape 1.1 on FreeBSD 2.0.5.
It seems to be working fine, but when started, it reports:

	netscape: uname() failed; can't tell what system
	we're running on


This doesn't appear to be much of a problem, but I have been
denied access to some Web sites that I could see when using
Netscape 1.1 from a SPARCstation; and was wondering if the
uname() problem might be causing some authentication error.
Which leads to the question: Is there a work-around for the
uname() problem?

My only other problem with NetScape is related to color usage
when displaying remotely on my SPARCstation.  The SPARCstation
has a 24bit color framebuffer, and the netscape image colors
are badly messed up unless I force it to use a PseudoColor
visual.  

I suspect that both problems are caused by static linking to
a bad/incompatible libraries...



-Pat



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