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Re: [HELP] Problem with java/netscape Win95
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gil Bregman)
Mon Feb 12 05:07:38 1996
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 10:38:35 +0200 (IST)
From: Gil Bregman <gil.bregman@applicom.co.il>
To: Juergen Wagner <Juergen.Wagner@iao.fhg.de>
Cc: Java Interest Mailing List <java-interest@java.sun.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602111646.RAA27879@pixie.caed.iao.fhg.de>
Juergen,
I had the same problem. The solution is to run netscape with
"-visual PseudoColor" (or, whatever your default visual is).
Gil
On Sun, 11 Feb 1996, Juergen Wagner wrote:
> Hi!
> This sounds a bit like my problem under X Windows: Netscape tries to
> allocate the best visual (i.e., as many color bits as possible, and
> TrueColor before PseudoColor) for rendering its windows. When run
> under an X server which offers a default visual different from the
> best visual available (e.g., an 8-bit PseudoColor default on a 24-bit
> TrueColor screen), Java applets or just the Java console crash
> Netscape 2.0b4 through 2.0. Netscape 2.0b3 curiously worked fine. I
> don't know what the Netscape folks changed in between (other than
> replacing moz2*.car by moz2*.zip), but a possible cure is to start
> Netscape with an explicitly given visual: "netscape -visual
> pseudocolor", which -- naturally -- is a bit unnatural :-).
>
> This may or may not have its equivalent under Windoze. Your mileage
> may vary...
>
> Also, if anyone knows a good fix for my problem, please let me know.
>
> Cheers
> --Juergen Wagner
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> > From: George Crawford <crawford@CS.MsState.Edu>
> > Subject: [HELP] Problem with java/netscape Win95
> > To: java-interest@java.sun.com
> > Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 21:32:51 -0600 (CST)
> >
> > Has anyone encountered the following problem with Netscape 2.0 and know
> > what to do about it?
> > Forwarded message:
> > > From chris@Paki.Housing.MsState.Edu Sat Feb 10 18:35:22 1996
> > > From: Chris Greer <chris@Paki.Housing.MsState.Edu>
> > > Message-Id: <199602110037.SAA04870@Paki.Housing.MsState.Edu>
> > > Subject: Re: Java on a home page
> > > To: crawford@CS.MsState.Edu (George Crawford)
> > > Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 18:37:36 -0600 (CST)
> > > In-Reply-To: <9602101140.AA04386@Walt.CS.MsState.Edu> from "George Crawford" at Feb 10, 96 05:40:28 am
> > > Content-Type: text
> > > Content-Length: 1136
> > >
> > > Ok, I'm running into an error in Netsape for Win95. I will incldue
> > > the error message, but basically, it's causing a page fault
> > > when it hits a Java Applet.
> [snip]
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