>I am running the libc6 version of Netscape 4.05 and am experiencing >some strang problems when entering text into text fields. Something >keeps appending random binary bits to the end of the strings and it >really screws things up. Sometimes it isn't even apparent in the field >and other times it is. This is really fun when trying to order things >on the web!! As an example I tried placing an order for 2 items and it >somehow converted it to 21!!! Yikes! Or as another example I entered >"free source" into yahoo's search field and it said that I had entered, >"free sourceü^¾¤-?ü^¾¤-?h=5>". What gives. I suppose I could >re-install the libc5 version of Netscape but if Netscape is not the >problem I don't want to download the 11+M over my 31.2k dialup.
It's a bug in Netscape, however there is a cure. If you set LD_PRELOAD to /lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 the problems go away. If you are using the Debian wrapper, the easiest way to get it set is to edit /usr/bin/X11/netscape (it's a script). Look for the folloing section and add the export LD_PRELOAD= line: # # Set some env vars to make things work better # #LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/netscape:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH export LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/lib/netscape NPX_PLUGIN_PATH=$HOME/.netscape/plugins:/usr/local/lib/netscape/plugins:/usr/lib /netscape/plugins display=$DISPLAY export MOZILLA_HOME NPX_PLUGIN_PATH display if you are not using the wrapper, alias netscape to run env LD_PRELOAD=/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 netscape HTH /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | Mud at Kingdoms | [EMAIL PROTECTED] NetGuide Scandinavia | telnet kingdoms.se 1812 | Fax: +46 31 50 79 39 http://www.netg.se | | Tel: +46 31 50 79 40 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
