Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-22 Thread Mike Rambo

Bug Hunter wrote:
 
   I have had similar wierdness.  Sometimes it was related to a plug in.
 Removing the plug in using 'rm' would fix it.  Sometimes the files in
 ~/.netscape got hosed.  Removing the entire directory would fix that.
 
 
 
 On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, root wrote:
 
  I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
  workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
  came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
  completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
  client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
  and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.
 
  I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
  the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
  (4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
  netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
  with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
  communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
  a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
  to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
  out?
 
  Thanks.

Well, it was indeed something in the .netscape directory.  I moved the
old directory to another name and netscape came right up under my normal
user name and created a new .netscape directory.  I was then able to get
back most of my old settings from the old directory - basically
everything except the address book.  I imported the old file and all the
names came back up but none of them work.  I guess I'll have to re-enter
them all manually.

Thanks for the help.


-- 
Mike Rambo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-20 Thread Mark Belanger

I've seen this many times.

Remove all .*.summary files from any netscape mail
directory.  These directories are typically named
~/ns_imap or ~/nsmail

I suspect but can't prove that these files become
corrupted by running more than one instance of
netscape.

I have alsow seen similar problems caused by the
~/.netscape/preferences.js

-Mark

Proot wrote:
 
 I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
 workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
 came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
 completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
 client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
 and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.
 
 I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
 the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
 (4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
 netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
 with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
 communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
 a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
 to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
 out?
 
 Thanks.
 
 
 --
 Mike Rambo
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]




[expert] netscape problem

2001-01-19 Thread root

I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.

I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
(4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
out?

Thanks.

 
-- 
Mike Rambo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]




Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-19 Thread Bug Hunter


  I have had similar wierdness.  Sometimes it was related to a plug in.
Removing the plug in using 'rm' would fix it.  Sometimes the files in
~/.netscape got hosed.  Removing the entire directory would fix that.

  

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, root wrote:

 I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
 workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
 came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
 completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
 client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
 and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.
 
 I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
 the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
 (4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
 netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
 with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
 communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
 a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
 to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
 out?
 
 Thanks.





Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-19 Thread Bug Hunter


  One more thing. In the past, the Java engine has caused this error.
Removing everying, including Java, may help

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, root wrote:

 I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
 workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
 came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
 completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
 client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
 and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.
 
 I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
 the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
 (4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
 netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
 with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
 communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
 a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
 to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
 out?
 





Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-19 Thread John W

On Friday 19 January 2001 14:37, you wrote:
 I have had similar wierdness.  Sometimes it was related to a plug in.
 Removing the plug in using 'rm' would fix it.  Sometimes the files in
 ~/.netscape got hosed.  Removing the entire directory would fix that.

 On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, root wrote:
  I came in this morning to find netscape broken on my
  workstation.  Worked when I left on wednesday - broke when I
  came back today.  The problem was that Netscape crashed
  completely and closed whenever I tried to open the mail
  client.  The browser itself appeared ok. I'm running mdk 7.1
  and was running the original 4.73 version released with 7.1.
 
  I tried various things and eventually decided to upgrade to
  the most recent version of netscape released for 7.1
  (4.76-3.2mdk). After I finally got netscape-common and
  netscape-communicator installed (navigator gave conflicts
  with communicator plus I don't see why I need it if
  communicator is installed) I find I can only run it from in
  a terminal as root.  I get a 'Bus Error' message when I try
  to run it as a normal user.  Can anyone help me figure this
  out?
 
  Thanks.
 I can't really tell ya what is going there other than that's netscape. I 
pesonnaly don't use the communicator I only install navigator. Installed in 
this fashion I seem to have very infrequent Netscape hangs.
FWIW,
-- 
John W




Re: [expert] Netscape problem

2000-06-22 Thread Daniel Hammer

BS''D

  netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:
 
  "netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
  please check the server name and try again"
 
  this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
  there is no apache running on my machine

 i presume you have helix-gnome installed. if you look at the command that's being
 executed, i don't have it handy at the moment, you'll see some kind of weird script
 being executed. replace this with netscape or netscape-communicator with no
 arguments and the problem will go away. it's the lack of apache that causes the
 problem.

LinuxMan wrote:
 
 Set your homepage to "about:" at
 
 edit---preferencesnavigator

finally found a solution ... and it is embarrassingly easy: 

from within Gnome, netscape starts with some odd command and this
has to be set to "/usr/bin/netscape +navigator" in the "properties" section
and the silly name server stuff disappears


Best,

Daniel.




Re: [expert] Netscape problem

2000-06-18 Thread Daniel Hammer

BS''D


  netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:
 
  "netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
  please check the server name and try again"
 
  this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
  there is no apache running on my machine

 
 i presume you have helix-gnome installed. if you look at the command that's being
 executed, i don't have it handy at the moment, you'll see some kind of weird script
 being executed. replace this with netscape or netscape-communicator with no
 arguments and the problem will go away. it's the lack of apache that causes the
 problem.

LinuxMan wrote:
 
 Set your homepage to "about:" at
 
 edit---preferencesnavigator

Thanx to both for your message, but ... :-( ...unfortunately this does not help
"about:" brings me some netscape default message but also the error window

It's true, I upgraded to new helixcode-gnome from their site, since in the
mandrake 7.1/cooker setting I have no icons on the right side  could not
change them.

Anyway, I think it is a problem related to some gnomelib setting. There is 
a boot message in /var/log/messages:

gnome-name-server[744]: name server starting
gnome-name-server[745]: name server was running on display, exiting

Any idea how to fix that?

Best,

Daniel.




Re: [expert] Netscape problem

2000-06-16 Thread LinuxMan


Set your homepage to "about:" at

edit---preferencesnavigator



 Original Message 

On 6/16/00, 3:11:03 AM, Daryl Pawluk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding 
Re: [expert] Netscape problem:


 Daniel Hammer wrote:

  BS''D
 
-  On 12 Jun, TK Kim wrote:
-   Neither.
-   I am kinda sick of Netscape, too.  I am probably gonna have to pay 
for
-   saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser.
 
  does anybody know how I can get rid of an annoing message which -- 
under gnome --
  netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:
 
  "netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
  please check the servr name and try again"
 
  this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
  there is no apache running on my machine
 
  Any suggestions 
 
  Best,
 
  Daniel.

 i presume you have helix-gnome installed. if you look at the command 
that's being
 executed, i don't have it handy at the moment, you'll see some kind of 
weird script
 being executed. replace this with netscape or netscape-communicator 
with no
 arguments and the problem will go away. it's the lack of apache that 
causes the
 problem.






[expert] Netscape problem

2000-06-15 Thread Daniel Hammer

BS''D

  -  On 12 Jun, TK Kim wrote:
  -   Neither.
  -   I am kinda sick of Netscape, too.  I am probably gonna have to pay for
  -   saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser.

does anybody know how I can get rid of an annoing message which -- under gnome --
netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:

"netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
please check the servr name and try again"

this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
there is no apache running on my machine

Any suggestions 

Best,

Daniel.




Re: [expert] Netscape problem

2000-06-15 Thread Daryl Pawluk

Daniel Hammer wrote:

 BS''D

   -  On 12 Jun, TK Kim wrote:
   -   Neither.
   -   I am kinda sick of Netscape, too.  I am probably gonna have to pay for
   -   saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser.

 does anybody know how I can get rid of an annoing message which -- under gnome --
 netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:

 "netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
 please check the servr name and try again"

 this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
 there is no apache running on my machine

 Any suggestions 

 Best,

 Daniel.

i presume you have helix-gnome installed. if you look at the command that's being
executed, i don't have it handy at the moment, you'll see some kind of weird script
being executed. replace this with netscape or netscape-communicator with no
arguments and the problem will go away. it's the lack of apache that causes the
problem.