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Netscape 3.04 (X11)
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As of 3.0b5, the Netscape Navigator comes only in gzip format. Though gzip
is available on many Unix systems, some (for whatever reason) may not have
it. If this is the case on your system, you can download a pre-built gzip
binary (and/or source) from the URL
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/unsupported/gnu
* To unpack a gzip-compressed tar file into the current directory, use some
variation of the following command:
gzip -dc the-file.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
The CoolTalk helper application is no longer included in the Navigator
distribution. CoolTalk is now individually available for download in
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/cooltalk/unix
Release notes for this version of Netscape are available on-line. After
starting the program, select "Release Notes" from the "Help" menu. This
will take you to the URL
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/relnotes/unix-3.04.html
which lists new features and known problems of this release.
To submit bugs or other feedback, use the "How To Give Feedback" option, also
on the "Help" menu, which will take you to the URL
http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/auto_bug.cgi
If for some reason you cannot submit feedback using that form, you may send
email to x_cbug@netscape.com. Please be as specific as possible about the
version of Netscape you are using, and the hardware and version of the OS.
If possible, include a test case for the problem, including a URL.
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Configuration Notes
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Configuration Files from Version 1.12 or earlier:
If you are migrating from Netscape Navigator Version 1.12 or
earlier, a new directory is created in which configuration files
are placed. This directory is called `$HOME/.netscape'. Existing
1.12 or earlier configuration information is copied into this
directory upon first execution of Netscape. A dialog is presented
asking whether or not you would like to automatically delete your
1.12 files.
If you do not choose to delete the old files, then they will
continue to be used by older versions of Netscape, but versions
newer than 1.12 will never touch them.
If you have a file or directory in $HOME called .netscape, you
should rename it prior to running this version. If you don't,
it will be renamed for you, to `.netscape.BAK'.
Mail:
Please see the Release Notes for important information on
configuring and using Netscape Mail. Knowing how to configure
and use Netscape Mail will prevent you from losing mail messages.
Java Applet Support:
Java Applet support is available for all Unix platforms.
To run Java applets with the Java-enabled version, the Navigator
needs to be able to load Java class files from a file called
java_301. This file is included in the distribution, but must
be moved to any of these directories:
The current directory
/usr/local/netscape/java/classes
/usr/local/lib/netscape
$HOME/.netscape
If you were running Java with an earlier version of the Netscape
Navigator, you need to replace your old moz2_0.car file, or old
moz*.zip file with the new java_301 file supplied in this
distribution.
YOU SHOULD NOT UNZIP THE java_301 FILE.
Netscape Plug-in Support:
Netscape Plug-in support is available on SunOS 4.1.3, Solaris 2.3,
Solaris 2.4, HP-UX, IRIX, OSF/1, and Linux.
A default plug-in (libnullplugin.so) is included in the
distribution (except for Linux due to restrictions about using
Motif). You should install this plug-in in either:
$HOME/.netscape/plugins
or
/usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins
More information about Unix plug-ins is available at:
http://cgi.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/extensions/info.cgi
InSoft CoolTalk Helper Application:
CoolTalk is available for Solaris 2.3, Solaris 2.4, SunOS 4.1,
HP-UX, OSF/1, and IRIX. To install CoolTalk, extract the contents
of the CoolTalk tar file and run install.sh from the cooltalk
directory. For more information, see cooltalk/README. This file
also contains important troubleshooting information.
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Installation Instructions
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Installation of Netscape is very simple: unpack the tar file, and run the
resultant executable. But there are, of course, a few exceptions....
AIX:
Netscape requires AIX 3.2.5 with the X11R5 and Motif 1.2 libraries.
If you are running an older version of the operating system, you
will get undefined symbols at run-time; unfortunately, the only
solution is to upgrade to a more recent version of the OS.
SunOS 4.1:
The SunOS 4.1 package comes with two executables: netscape and
netscape_dns. This is because SunOS uses two different,
incompatible methods of resolving host names (Domain Name Service,
and Network Information Service, formerly known as Yellow Pages.)
Only one of these executables needs to be installed on an
individual site.
It is usually possible to configure your YP/NIS server to consult
a DNS server for resolution of hosts not in the YP maps. Consult
your system administrator for details.
If the Navigator is crashing under OpenWindows 3.0, make sure you
have all of the relevant patches, including patch 100444.
Solaris 2.4:
The Solaris 2.4 Navigator is dynamically linked with the X and
Motif libraries. If the Motif dynamic libraries are not properly
installed, the Navigator will exit with this error:
ld.so.1: netscape: fatal: libXm.so.3: can't open file: errno=2
Installing Motif dynamic libraries will get the navigator working.
If you cannot install the Motif libraries, you can run the
Navigator for Solaris 2.3 on your Solaris 2.4 machine.
SunOS 4.1 and BSD/386:
These distributions also includes a directory called "nls". This
directory is a standard part of the MIT X11R5 distribution, but
is not included with X11R4- or X11R6-based systems (such as
OpenWindows 3.0 or earlier, and XFree86 3.1 or later.)
On these systems, Netscape has been linked against X11R5 (because
Motif 1.2.4 has some bad bugs in conjunction with X11R6.)
Unfortunately, X11R5 has one rather serious bug, which is that if
this "nls" directory does not exist, the program will dump core
any time you try to copy, or paste to or from a text field!
So, if you don't have the "nls" directory on your system, you will
need to install it first. Here is where Netscape looks for it
(these default pathnames are hardcoded into the executable):
SunOS 4.1: /usr/lib/X11/nls/
BSD/386: /usr/X11/lib/X11/nls/
If you choose not to create the directory there, then you must
set the XNLSPATH environment variable to the directory where you
did install it.
NetBSD, FreeBSD:
We have been told (but have not verified) that the BSD/386 binaries
will work on x86 systems running NetBSD 1.0 or FreeBSD 2.0 (but
not FreeBSD 1.1.5.1.)
* Included with all distributions is a file called XKeysymDB. Without this
file, many warnings about "unknown keysyms" will be generated when the
program starts up, and most keyboard equivalents won't work. This is a
general problem with running Motif programs on systems not configured for
Motif, and so will be necessary on most Sun systems.
This file is included with all packages because some systems have an older
version of this file, so you may still get some warnings. The XKeysymDB
file normally goes in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/openwin/lib/XKeysymDB,
but you can override that with XKEYSYMDB environment variable.
* Also included with all distributions is a file called Netscape.ad, which
lists the default resources which are built in to the program. It is
not necessary to install this; it is provided for informational purposes.
See the comment at the top of Netscape.ad for more information.
* If you get a "Cannot locate host" dialog at startup, this is a sign of
problems related to name resolution. If you're on a Sun, see the comments
above about the two executables.
* If you get a "Cannot connect to host" dialog at startup, it could mean that
you are behind a firewall, and need to tell Netscape about your SOCKS or
proxy server. See Options Menu -> Network... -> Proxies, or consult your
system administrator.
* Please read the release notes under "Help -> Release Notes". This
document is updated as problems are found, so please check it before
reporting a bug.
* And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla."
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