On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 2:00 pm, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 12:54 pm, Peter Watson wrote:
> >>On Thursday 30 Jan 2003 12:11, Anne Wilson wrote:
> >>>I'm still having a lot of problems with javascript in browsers - all
> >>>browsers, Moz, NSCP7, Galleon, Konq.  In each case I have javascript
> >>>enabled for browsing (not mail & ng in Moz).  Yet javascript doesn't
> >>>seem to work in any except Konq.  Even in Konq, if I go to, for
> >>>instance, the bookmarklets site I am told that I need javascript, and
> >>>can't continue.  I did visit it from Mozilla a few weeks ago, but I
> >>>suspect that whoever sent me there (sorry, I can't remember who)
> >>>probably gave me a link beyond that page.  Unfortunately I can't find
> >>>it.
> >>>
> >>>What things can I check?  Moz shows
> >>>libjavaplugin_oji.so
> >>>libnullplugin.so
> >>>nppdf.so
> >>>libflashplayer.so
> >>>rpnp.so
> >>>
> >>>What's missing?
> >>>
> >>>Anne
> >>
> >>I don't know if its anything to do with your problem but your'e missing
> >>
> >>ShockwaveFlash.Class
> >
> > That's definitely in both
> > /usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/plugins and
> > /usr/lib/netscape/plugins
> >
> > I don't know where Konq  looks, but I would  have thought these two would
> > serve Nscp, Moz and Galleon.  Perhaps something's broken.  I'm getting a
> > bit fed up of the problems with browsers.  I wish I'd never installed
> > Nscp7 - it seems to have been much worse since them.  I'm tempted to try
> > to copy the .mozilla directory elsewhere and hope that I can keep all my
> > settings and bookmarks whole, after deleting all three of the group and
> > then just reinstalling Moz and Galleon.
> >
> > Anne
>
> Anne,
>
> that sounds like a good idea. all you have to do is rename .mozilla to
> .mozilla-old and then start your browser. That will create a new home
> dir for mozilla. Then all you'll have to do is copy your bookmarks file,
> address book and history file over to the new .mozilla folder as well as
> your mail folders and info and you're set.

I've done that before and it cleared up the mess, but not this time.  It put 
me through the create user wizard, but then flatly refused to start Mozilla.  
It's looking more and more likely that it will have to be a thorough 
uninstall and start again.   All those annoying plugin hoops, again!

Anne
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