From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 18:09:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B42E37B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:09:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.us2.messagingengine.com (ny2.fastmail.fm [66.111.4.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51BF643F85 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:09:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) Received: from www.fastmail.fm (server1.internal [10.202.2.132]) by server2.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4FA6F1C9; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.fastmail.fm) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:21 -0400 X-Epoch: 1055812161 X-Sasl-enc: XGeOU0nn7xsEu/UO2h3lrA Received: from sparky (dialup-67.74.65.152.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.65.152]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id B506413655; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:19 -0400 (EDT) To: sweetleaf , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20030616200031.10722542.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> Message-ID: From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030616200031.10722542.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 2946 Subject: Re: running netscape 7.0.2 "linux version" on freebsd-5.1, help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:09:26 -0000 On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:00:31 -0500, sweetleaf = 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