Netscape 4.04/4.05 Fixes for Common Problems...

Thank goodness we have Netscape for Linux/PPC. There are a few
common problems with the installation that you may encounter.
Here are some simple, direct fixes:

Problem: Fonts are screwed up in dialog boxes and elsewhere
Solution: Add the following lines to the .Xdefaults file in
the home directory for each user:

netscape*useEnhancedFSB: False
netscape*nsMotifFSBHacks: False
netscape*nsMotifFSBCdeMode: False

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Problem: Anytime Java is encountered, Netscape crashes and reports
"bus error."
Solution: You need to set the MOZILLA_HOME and CLASSPATH variables
to point to the appropriate directories. For example:

export MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/local/netscape
export CLASSPATH=$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/ifc11.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes
/jae40.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/jio40.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/ldap1
0.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/iiop10.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/java40.ja
r:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/jsd10.jar:$MOZILLA_HOME/java/classes/scd10.jar

This can be added to your shell .rc or wherever. Note the the CLASSPATH 
indicates each of the files in the netscape/java/classes directory. 

ADDENDUM for 4.05: Should no longer need to set CLASSPATH.

HotJava is Sun's Web client written in Java. It's a great browser with most of the latest Web technologies built-in. It is also very easily modified, customized and extended, since it is basically just a collection of Java applets. Surprisingly, it's performance is very good, largely due to an excellent port of the Sun JDK 1.1.3 from Kevin Buettner, which is required for it to run under Linux.

Although Sun distributes HotJava only for Windows and Solaris, it is written entirely in Java, so it will run under any Java VM > 1.1. Ironically, this rules out the MacOS (since only 1.02 is available)-- so the only way to run HotJava on a Mac is under Linux!

HotJava is significantly more polished and much more stable than either Mosaic or Arena. The only drawback is that it is very memory hungry--you must have at least 24MB of RAM, and you should have about 32 or more.

This note provides the necessary information to get HotJava to run under LinuxPPC or MkLinux.

Assumptions: Sun JDK & HotJava installed in /usr/local.
Tested on a PowerMac 7200/90 (90mHz PPC601) with 40MB ram, 2MB video ram, LinuxPPC, pppd daemon (ppp works great!), generic 33K modem at cua1.

1. You need the Sun JDK 1.1.3. A fantastic port is available from: http://business.tyler.wm.edu/mklinux/jdk1.1.3-b1.tar.gz -or- ftp://143.43.202.20/pub/jdk113/jdk1.1.3-b1.tar.gz

2. Download and unzip the HotJava for Solaris file from: http://java.sun.com/products/hotjava/solaris2-sparc/installation.html . Note: you need to manually unzip the file--do not follow the instructions from Sun for self-extracting.

3. You can now delete the following directories, since we will run HotJava entirely from the JDK1.1.3 VM:

/usr/local/HotJava1.0/runtime /usr/local/HotJava1.0/bin

4. unzip the classes.zip in /usr/local/HotJava1.0/lib. This will greatly enhance performance.

Note: All of the unzipping requires unzip (PKZIP), NOT gzip or other such compression tool. Here it is: http://www.linuxppc.org/ftp/RedHat/RPMS/unzip-5.12-5B.ppc.rpm
(Unzip also comes on the Red Hat distribution CD.)
That's it! You can now start HotJava as follows:

cd /usr/local/HotJava1.0/lib
java -Dhotjava.home=/usr/local/HotJava1.0 sun.hotjava.Main

blewis@mcs.kent.edu, bill.mcgonigle@hitchcock.org

From: Kenneth Lu 
 
MOSAIC 2.7b: This is much better than Mosaic 2.8a.  It loads documents
correctly and opens only one window, but by default, it still opens a
huge window.  However, view the man page and edit the appropriate
.Xdefaults settings to get a smaller default window.  
(or start mosaic up with something like "mosaic -geometry 300x300")
Mosaic 2.7b is probably the best option right now.
Make sure you distinguish between 2.8a and 2.7b!  When I first typed
this message, I was using 2.8a and bashed it.  Then I got 2.7b and
realized that Mosaic is okay after all.
 
MOSAIC 2.8a: It opens a window way too big for my puny 14" monitor.  The three
separate windows just clutters up my desktop way too much.  For those lucky
folks out there with 21" monitors, though, this shouldn't be a problem...
Also, it may be just me, but even the www.mklinux.apple.com page doesn't
load properly: it only loads halfway, then Mosaic says, "Document Done",
when it obviously isn't.
 
LYNX: Lynx rocks.  It's by far the fastest browser out there, and it
surprisingly supports many tags that even Mosaic doesn't..  It supports
client-side image maps, for instance.. you hit the link for it and Lynx
will give you a list of links found in the map.  And did I mention that
Lynx is fast?
 
--
Subir Grewal,  subir@trill-host.com
has a very good set of pages on Lynx.  http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx.html 
 
Personally, I have gotten Lynx 2-5, 2-6, and 2-7 + patch to compile using
the 'make linux-ncurses' flag. 
- Jonathan Vafai  jjv200@acf2.nyu.edu
--
 
ARENA: Since this is basically a testbed for the W3 Consortium, and not
meant to be a polished product, I can live with its downsides, mainly the
bizarre interface (but then, what X program DOESN'T have a bizarre
interface?).  However, I think that in the cases where Lynx doesn't cut it
(i.e., when the graphics are important), Arena is good enough, though
Mosaic is probably better.
 
-- kenlu@mit.edu
 
<h3>Addendum:</h3> (by eadubie@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu)
 
GNUscape Navigator:  An Emacs Lisp based browser that gives a new use
to an old tool.  Try it.
See http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html 
 
posted to faq by: jonh@cs.dartmouth.edu
edited by:        kenlu@mit.edu
edited by:        jjv200@acf2.nyu.edu 
 
An anonymous user wrote:
Please write Netscape at personal@netscape.com ask them to compile
Netscape Navigator for MkLinux/PPC!
 
Bibek Sahu reports that an Amaya binary has been posted to MkArchive.
Amaya is both an HTML 3.2 browser, and a structured HTML editor. It's
supposed to be pretty good.
 
jonh@cs.dartmouth.edu

How about... Netscape!

 They've made a port to mklinux (I assume it will work on linuxppc as well.)
I just found it, and haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but the url is...

ftp://ftp3.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.04/development/english/unix/mklinux/

[root@macaber Library]# uname -a Linux macaber.soti.org 2.0.33-osfmach3 #1 Thu Jun 11 10:21:31 PDT 1998 ppc unknown

[root@macaber /root]# cat /etc/redhat-release release 5.0 (Hurricane)
[root@macaber /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 601 revision : 0.2 bogomips : 65.74 machine : PowerMac
I've compiled Amaya 2.4 (the W3C standard browser), Lesstif-0.89.9, libwww and ssh 1.2.26.
You can also use the kfm (KDE File Manager) as a webbrowser.

tille@soti.org