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- Netscape 1.1N (X11)
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- IMPORTANT! Before going any further, please
- read and accept the terms in the file LICENSE.
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-
- Release notes for this version of Netscape are available online. After
- starting the program, select "Release Notes" from the "Help" menu.
- This will take you to the URL
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- http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/1.1/relnotes/unix-1.1N.html
-
- which lists new features and known problems of this release.
-
- To submit bugs or other feedback, use the "How To Give Feedback" option, also
- on the "Help" menu, which will take you to the URL
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- http://home.netscape.com/home/how-to-give-feedback.html
-
- If for some reason you cannot submit feedback using that form, you may send
- email to x_cbug@netscape.com. Please be as specific as possible about the
- version of Netscape you are using, and the hardware and version of the OS.
- If possible, include a test case for the problem, including a URL.
-
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- Installation Instructions
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-
- Installation of Netscape is very simple: unpack the tar file, and run
- the resultant executable. But there are, of course, a few exceptions...
-
- AIX: Netscape requires AIX 3.2.5 with the X11R5 and Motif 1.2 libraries.
- If you are running an older version, you will get undefined
- symbols at run-time; unfortunately, the only solution is to
- upgrade to a more recent version of the OS. We are told (but
- have not verified) that this executable works on AIX version 4.
-
- SunOS 4.1: The SunOS 4.1 package comes with two executables: netscape and
- netscape_dns. This is because Suns use two different,
- incompatible methods of resolving host names (Domain Name Service,
- and Network Information Service, formerly known as Yellow Pages.)
- A given site only need install one of these executables.
-
- It is usually possible to configure your YP/NIS server to consult
- a DNS server for resolution of hosts not in the YP maps. Consult
- your system administrator for details.
-
- SunOS 4.1, Linux, and BSDI:
- These distributions also includes a directory called "nls".
- This directory is a standard part of the MIT X11R5 distribution,
- but is not included with X11R4- or X11R6-based systems (such as
- OpenWindows 3.0 or earlier, and XFree86 3.1 or later.)
-
- On these systems, Netscape has been linked against X11R5 (because
- Motif 1.2.4 has some bad bugs in conjunction with with X11R6.)
- Unfortunately, X11R5 has one rather serious bug, which is that if
- this "nls" directory does not exist, the program will dump core
- any time you try to copy or paste to or from a text field!
-
- So, if you don't have the "nls" directory on your system, you will
- need to install it first. Here is where Netscape looks for it (these
- default pathnames are hardcoded into the executable):
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- SunOS 4.1: /usr/lib/X11/nls/
- Linux: /usr/X386/lib/X11/nls/
- BSDI: /usr/X11/lib/X11/nls/
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- If you choose not to create the directory there, then you must
- set the $XNLSPATH environment variable to the directory where you
- did install it.
-
- NetBSD, FreeBSD:
- We have been told (but have not verified) that the BSDI binaries
- will work on x86 systems running NetBSD 1.0 or FreeBSD 2.0 (but
- not FreeBSD 1.1.5.1.)
-
- * Included with all distributions is a file called XKeysymDB. Without this
- file, many warnings about "unknown keysyms" will be generated when the
- program starts up, and most keyboard equivalents won't work. This is a
- general problem with running Motif programs on systems not configured for
- Motif, and so will be necessary on most Sun systems.
-
- This file is included with all packages because some systems have an older
- version of this file, so you may still get some warnings. The XKeysymDB
- file normally goes in /usr/lib/X11/XKeysymDB or /usr/openwin/lib/XKeysymDB,
- but you can override that with $XKEYSYMDB.
-
- * Also included with all distributions is a file called Netscape.ad, which
- lists the default resources which are built in to the program. It is
- not necessary to install this; it is provided for informational purposes.
- See the comment at the top of the file for more information.
-
- * If you get a "Cannot locate host" dialog at startup, this is a sign of
- problems related to name resolution. If you're on a Sun, see the comments
- above about the two executables.
-
- * If you get a "Cannot connect to host" dialog at startup, it could mean that
- you are behind a firewall, and need to tell Netscape about your SOCKS
- server. See the Preferences dialog under the Options menu, or consult your
- system administrator.
-
- * Please read the release notes under "Help -> Release Notes". This
- document is updated as problems are found, so please check it before
- reporting a bug.
-
- * To unpack a compressed tar file into the current directory, use some
- variation of the following command:
-
- zcat the-file.tar.Z | tar -vxf -
-
- * And remember, it's spelled N-e-t-s-c-a-p-e, but it's pronounced "Mozilla."
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