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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 16:03:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Lars Forsberg <lars@commsoft.se>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netscape and 24-bit X
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980429160146.13203y-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980427165520.22388A-100000@gandalf.commsoft.se>

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On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Lars Forsberg wrote:

> I am running Netscape Navigator 4.05 for FreeBSD and that works fine if I
> run it under 8-bit color on X-Windows, although I do get some warnings.
> But when I run X under 24-bit color the icons for "back", "forward",
> "reload", etc. gets black and white. Furthermore, java won't work
> (Netscape seems to kill itself and I get "bus error") and for some
> homepages I get a strange looking background.

The color problem is known - try 32 bit mode.

I have a feeling the Netscape Java module is just not working in that
release -- I'd have to play with it.

> These are the warnings I get when I run Netscape:
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.1: minor version
> 1 older than expected 3, using it anyway
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0: minor version 0
> older than expected 3, using it anyway
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.1: minor version
> 1 older than expected 3, using it anyway
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0: minor version 0
> older than expected 3, using it anyway

You're running an old version of X.  These are harmless, but if you want
them to go away upgrade to XFree86 3.3.2.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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