On Jun 13, 2002, 09:19 (+0200) Thomas Ribbrock wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:02:31PM +0100, Mike Martin wrote: > > > three line install of java > > download and install java plugin from sun/ibm/blackdown > > symlink plugin from jre blah blah/plugin/ to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins > > start mozilla once as root, when it loads close down > > Why start it as root? I installed Java on my machine just using the first > two steps - until now I have never started Mozilla as root, but Java does > work.
I *think* I understand now what Mike means: first this excerpt from a Mozilla README: ############################################################## Linux Installation Instructions ------------------------------- Note: If you install in the default directory (which is usually /usr/local/mozilla), or any other directory where only the root user normally has write-access, you must start Mozilla first as root before other users can start the program. Doing so generates a set of files required for later use by other users. ############################################################# The point is: I didn't install Mozilla there but instead in a /home/user directory, where, as it seems, you actually do not need to run Mozilla as root at least once .. :) So yes, according to this README, Mike is right ... I think we simply were talking of different things, perhaps even of different Mozilla sources, and therefore probably our different install approaches ... But perhaps I'll install Mozilla next time in this /usr/local/ folder and see what happens (perhaps Mozilla is even getting a bit faster this way ... <ho-ho> ... :) (although, as I wrote some time ago, it actually *seems* to have become a bit faster even with the /home/user directory install ... Next time :) Bye Wolfgang -- New Key on: http://home.t-online.de/home/520050060325-0001/ Key fingerprint = 2B4D FE85 924D 06CC 881D 2E8D 771F 0EDE 92F6 DDFF [created on 2002-06-11] http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/ -- END TRANSMISSION -- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
