[NTLUG:Discuss] Reinstalling Linux (SuSE 6.2)

[Kyle Edbauer]

Redhat has documented a problem in 6.0 with java and Netscape.  It is
related to a problem with one of the installation RPMs that cause an
incomplete fontpath list for X to use.  More information is available at:

http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support?solution&11-990511-0082&100-926468988&14-0&15-0&25-1&3-netscape%2520java&30-

Their solution was to add 75dpi scaled fonts to your path list using:

chkfontpath --add /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi

I don't know if this would help with the SuSE distribution.  I had a
problem with netscape where it would crash immediately upon loading any
page with java or javascript and this fixed it.

-Kyle

On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Lance Simmons wrote:

> Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> > I've just upgraded to SuSE 6.2 from 6.1 - I found that the new Netscape
> > (4.61) is *really* flakey compared to the previous version.
> >
> > (4.5-something IIRC).  Has anyone else had problems with it?
> >
> 
> Yes, though not with SuSE.  I ran into problems with the newer Netscape
> under RedHat. I just uninstalled it and went back to the older version. It
> still crashes a lot (whenever I have javascript turned on), but less than
> with the newer version.
> 
> Lance Simmons
>