In message <mpro.lk2h4u00001d300fd.pit...@pittdj.co.uk>
David Pitt <pit...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
> David Pitt <pit...@pittdj.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Tricia <nix...@waitrose.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:40:05 +1200, Michael Drake
> > > <t...@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The Mac OS X port is now available:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.netsurf-browser.org/downloads/
> >
> > >
> > > > > I have just tried NetSurf 2.7 for Mac and it downloads and unzips
> > > > > but won't run. The error message is "Base style sheet failed to
> > > > > load". It then quits.
> > >
> > > > > I am running OS 10.5.8 on a G5 PPC.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > The same happens here, but with OS 10.6.7 on an Intel iMac.
> > > Disappointing, as I was so pleased to see the port for Mac OS X.
> >
> > Now here's a thing, would you believe it NetSurf 2.7 is fine here on my
> > 10.6.7 Intel iMac. I never saw the error on first running NetSurf but the
> > first thing I did was to change its home page to a local file.
>
> And then I remembered I have another Mac, a Mac mini under the tele and that
> DID show the 'Base style sheet' bug. A crash log is at :-
>
> http://pittdj.co.uk/temp/MacNS.zip
>
> After an awful lot of mucking about the last thing I did was to run
> Maintenance.app set to clear the following :-
>
> Application Cache
> Launch Services
> dyld's shared cache
>
> Then NetSurf ran.
I've now tried all the cache-cleaning I can think of (can't use
Maintenance.app as it's Max OS 10.6+ and I'm on 10.5.8) and I still
can't get round the 'Base style sheet error'. I can temporarily trick
Netsurf into running by selecting a local HTML file, using Open With, and
then browsing to and selecting the NetSurf app. Curiously NetSurf is /not/
a recommended application for HTML files on my system, so I have to
deactivate the 'recommended application' bit before I can select it.
In this state all I get is a blank window, but I can then access NetSurf's
other windows, and can do things like view the hotlist or the NetSurf
version number, or configure the default homepage to another URL. On the
other hand, as soon as I try to display any web page, whether local or
remote, the style sheet error kicks in and NetSurf dies. I was also able
to confirm that the program's default entries for preferences, its hotlist
and so forth are created OK.
David, may I ask what your 'local file' was? Simple web page? Complex web
page? And in particular, did it have an associated local style sheet or
any embedded styles in it? Thanks.
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