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Re: Backspace in X and Netscape question

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BORG)
Sun Nov 3 20:06:52 1996

Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 17:00:33 -0800
From: BORG <"vladimip "@iceonline.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
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Prasanth Kumar wrote:
.....
> Secondly, netscape seems to give bus errors
> intermittently. It never was a problem in
> the past in kernel 1.2.13.

Fix #1: Use gnumalloc libc (libc-gnumalloc-5.3.12-5.i386.rpm);
I am using Netscape with 4.0 and 2.0.18, Java enabled, no
problems.

Fix #2: A script to start netscape (I haven't tried it):

[just looked through my archives and looks like
I lost it... Check this mailing list archives
for Oct-Nov.]


> Also in netscape, how do I specify the size
> of the mail and news windows. They always
> pop up larger than the size of the screen.
> I used to have this problem in slackware too
> and I think it was only with fvwm95-2.

An fvwm95 button:

*FvwmButtons(Title Netscape, Icon nscape.xpm, \
   Action 'Exec "Netscape" netscape -geometry 1014x740 &')

> Also i am curious if anyone has did a rpm
> version of netscape for download. I know
> it is easy to install but I want to use
> as many rpms as possible.

Netscape is a commercial software and its distribution
restricted in its license. Making an RPM and uploading
it would be a violation of license agreement. As far as
I know CND includes a Netscape RPM, but CND is commercial.

Regards,

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