Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:21 -0400 From: Jud <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running netscape 7.0.2 "linux version" on freebsd-5.1, help? Message-ID: <oprqvz5vy00cf2rk@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20030616200031.10722542.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> References: <20030616200031.10722542.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:00:31 -0500, sweetleaf <sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> = wrote: > I just downloaded Netscape 7.0.2 from Netscape.com "linux version" and= am = > running it under linux emulation on freebsd-5.1. The problem i am = > encountering , and i encountered the same issue with the latest = > mozilla..... under linux emulation, is that when i exit Netscape or = > restart the system i am meet with the select user-profile *to start = > Netscape section. Ok, for ex. say i am running Netscape under the = > "default" profile, i have all my mail accounts setup, proxy setting = > etc.... now i need to shutdown my system, restart it , or just restart= = > Netscape....so i start Netscape > > # /usr/compat/linux/usr/local/netscape/netscape > > Now i am ask when profile to start Netscape as, so i select the previo= us = > "default" i had been running Netscape under. The problem is after = > selecting "default" and clicking on start i am getting this error abou= t = > it cant use that profile as its already in use...but its not because t= his = > is the first instance of Netscape i am attempting to start after a = > reboot. The only way i can get Netscape to start is to create another = > profile, which it does the same to after a reboot or restart. for. ex.= i = > can create default 2 and start Netscape but if i try to start Netscape= = > again with that profile its says that profile is already in use. If = > anybody has had this issue and solved it, i would appreciate some = > guidance on this. > > thanks, and have a good day. Re this and your Sun Java question: Why not use the FreeBSD "linux-" por= ts? = (Haven't checked to see what the latest linux-Netscape port is; if it's= = not up to 7.0.2, you can install the earlier version, or at least look a= t = what the port maintainer has done for hints with regard to such stuff as= = build options, places to install various files, etc.) Jud
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