Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
pete moss wrote: is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P Edit /usr/bin/netscape and remove the part where it talks about HOMEPAGE. That should do it. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, pete moss wrote: is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P --Well, I'm sure to suffer a flaming death for this statement, but what I found to work best is to uninstall Netscape, and go about your life! I had nothing but crashes and multiple other problems with it in any and all the distros I've tried. (I'm currently using Mandrake 6 and absolutely love it). The KDE mail, news, and browser all work great and I found no real need for Netscape anyway. It was slow and problematic for me when it _did_ work at all and on several occasions even caused me to have to reinstall Linux (although, a more experienced user could probably have repaired the situation). Anyway, just my two cents worth...Please be merciful. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand. -- Benny Hill**
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, pete moss wrote: is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P --Well, I'm sure to suffer a flaming death for this statement, but what I found to work best is to uninstall Netscape, and go about your life! I had nothing but crashes and multiple other problems with it in any and all the distros I've tried. (I'm currently using Mandrake 6 and absolutely love it). The KDE mail, news, and browser all work great and I found no real need for Netscape anyway. It was slow and problematic for me when it _did_ work at all and on several occasions even caused me to have to reinstall Linux (although, a more experienced user could probably have repaired the situation). Anyway, just my two cents worth...Please be merciful. David P. Greenberg David, Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
Rick Murphy wrote: Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. It's true that Netscape sucks - can't wait for Opera (www.operasoftware.com) to release their Linux version. Anyway, you don't need all 3 parts - you need netscape-common and then either netscape-navigator or netscape-communicator, not both of these. The difference between these two is that Communicator has the mail/news client, while Navigator does not.
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
- Original Message - From: Rick Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David P. Greenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pete moss [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] netscape defaults On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, David P. Greenberg wrote: On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, pete moss wrote: is there a default prefs file for netscape? i have configured mine to open to messenger, and to bring up a blank page in navigator. however, everytime i open netscape, i get navigator opening to the mandrake help page. anyone know how to get rid of this? i have looked at preferences.js in ~/.netscape and the settings are correct there, they just arent loading up. :P --Well, I'm sure to suffer a flaming death for this statement, but what I found to work best is to uninstall Netscape, and go about your life! I had nothing but crashes and multiple other problems with it in any and all the distros I've tried. (I'm currently using Mandrake 6 and absolutely love it). The KDE mail, news, and browser all work great and I found no real need for Netscape anyway. It was slow and problematic for me when it _did_ work at all and on several occasions even caused me to have to reinstall Linux (although, a more experienced user could probably have repaired the situation). Anyway, just my two cents worth...Please be merciful. David P. Greenberg David, Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. Rick "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB Rick hit it on the nose. I'm assuming that David was using former versions of Netscape which were still buggy. Netscape 4.61 is stable. One thing though, you don't need all three Netscape rpms. You definitely need netscape-common, but besides that, you only need netscape-navigator if you just want the browser, or netscape-communicator if you want the full suite (browser, mail/news reader, and Composer). So if you do get it from updates, it's just two files. Manny Styles [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Pedro Timoteo wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. It's true that Netscape sucks - can't wait for Opera (www.operasoftware.com) to release their Linux version. Anyway, you don't need all 3 parts - you need netscape-common and then either netscape-navigator or netscape-communicator, not both of these. The difference between these two is that Communicator has the mail/news client, while Navigator does not. The reason I recommend downloading all three parts when using the mandrake update is that when I tried to download using only two of the netscape parts the installation came back with an error. When I clicked on all three there was no problem. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea," JB
Re: [newbie] netscape defaults
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Pedro Timoteo wrote: Rick Murphy wrote: Don't give up on netscape. If your using mandrake, click on the updates icons and download all three parts of netscape 4.61 at the same time. It will automatically install itself. I found that most of my problems with netscape ended when I went to 4.61. I think you will find that not all web sites will open with KDE's broswer. I look forward to seeing the browser improved with the next reincarnation of mandrake. It's true that Netscape sucks - can't wait for Opera (www.operasoftware.com) to release their Linux version. Anyway, you don't need all 3 parts - you need netscape-common and then either netscape-navigator or netscape-communicator, not both of these. The difference between these two is that Communicator has the mail/news client, while Navigator does not. --Yes I agree that Navigator alone works better than Communicator. Any way I'm in the process of following ricks advice (please exscuse me if I got the wrong poster). I reinstalled Netscape (Nav. only+common files only) and am downloading the upgrade now as we speak. We'll see. P.S. I just wanted to say that I've spent a lot of time on the NG's looking for help in learning Linux, and so far I think this list is absolutely awesome! It's really refreshing to have a forum to go to as a newbie where people are helpful without being condescending. David P. Greenberg Bitco Electronics "In Service to the Recording Industry" *Confirmed Linux Newbie* **Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand. -- Benny Hill**
