Has someone tried to compiled mozilla_19980904-1.deb yet ? perhaps i will try it this evening ...
Friendly, Sven LUTHER On Sat, Nov 28, 1998 at 06:10:42PM -0800, Eric Anholt wrote: > Well, I had a Netscape 4.5 sitting around, and X is sorta working, so I > tried it. In deb, I fix961212'ed the files in the install directory, then > ran the installer fine. I fixed the files in the /usr/local/netscape > directory and tried running it. It asked for libstdc++.so.2.8. I have > .2.9, but when I ln'ed 2.9 to 2.8 and netscape opened up fine. Note, > however, that there were some errors, due to the color problems I > mentioned earlier on this list. I got Slashdot up, though I experienced > the general bugginess of NS 4.5 (which I had noticed before moving to deb > too) I haven't tried a NS 4.0x yet. > > Could someone out there forward me a full "rgb.txt" file from their X? I > would be grateful. I am currently using the "minimal" one that xpm > provides, and it's pretty ugly and is constantly spewing about not having > colors. :-( > > > >I'm migrating to Debian sid with glibc-pre2.1. The one killer application > >that > >prevents me from switching away from glibc-1.99 is Netscape Communicator. > > > >If I copy all libraries netscape needs to a directory and let LD_LIBRARY_PATH > >point to that directory, `ldd netscape' shows me that it uses the libraries > >in > >those directory, except for libdl.so.1. That's with glibc-1.99. > > > >With glibc-pre2.1 and LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to the same directory, I just > >get a segmentation fault. I suspect it's a problem with /lib/libdl.so.1. > >Anyone with a clue how to fix this? I really want to get rid of my glibc-1.99 > >system, and still be able to use netscape, of course. > > > >BTW, this is communicator 4.05. 4.5 gives me the `unresolved inheritance > >error'. > > > >Greetings, > > > > Geert > > > >P.S. Needless to say, if I succeed, future XF68_FBDev binaries with hardware > > acceleration support will be linked against glibc-pre2.1, to encourage > > other people to upgrade :-) A similar trick caused the dead of libc4 on > > Linux/m68k in 1995, while the Linux/ia32 guys are still trying to burry > > libc4, hehe... > >-- > > > -- > Eric Anholt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
