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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 1996 15:39:59 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        winter@jurai.net (Matthew N. Dodd)
Cc:        d_burr@ix.netcom.com, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Netscape 2.0b3 and Java
Message-ID:  <199601040509.PAA10308@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960103195319.16066I-100000@sasami> from "Matthew N. Dodd" at Jan 3, 96 07:54:46 pm

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Matthew N. Dodd stands accused of saying:
> 
> On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Donald Burr wrote:
> > Got it installed, and running.  Boy is it nice.  Well, almost.  Whenever I 
> > try accessing a Java site (e.g. http://java.sun.com), I get:
> > 
> > EMT trap (core dumped)
> 
> Are you running in 16bit color mode?  A linux using friend (is this 
> possible?)  discovered that the Java stuff in NN doesn't work in 16bpp, only
> 8 and 32 (boggle that).

This appears to be a Motif thing; Linux IDL (also a Motif user) works fine
in 8 or 32-bit modes, but dies interestingly on a 16-bit display.

> | Matthew N. Dodd   | winter@jurai.net    | http://www.jurai.net/~winter    |

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