From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 20:31:37 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 7189037B401 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:31:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E373343FAF for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:31:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sweetleaf@myrealbox.com) Received: from KroNiC.example.org SweeTLeaF@smtp-send.myrealbox.com [12.210.147.136]$ on Novell NetWare; Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:31:40 -0700 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:31:37 -0500 From: sweetleaf To: Jud Message-Id: <20030616223137.13a3865c.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20030616200031.10722542.sweetleaf@myrealbox.com> Organization: personal X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-unknown-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:33:12 -0700 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 03:31:37 -0000 Because the ports are older and have bugs that have been fixed in the current release/s. On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 21:09:21 -0400 Jud wrote: > 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 previous > > "default" i had been running Netscape under. The problem is after > > selecting "default" and clicking on start i am getting this error about > > it cant use that profile as its already in use...but its not because this > > 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-" ports? > (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 at > what the port maintainer has done for hints with regard to such stuff as > build options, places to install various files, etc.) > > Jud >