Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 12:01:36 +1000 From: David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape annoying dialog boxes Message-ID: <19970913120136.44849@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199709130101.TAA13481@rocky.mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 07:01:59PM -0600 References: <199709122109.PAA12204@rocky.mt.sri.com> <199709122119.OAA25910@usr08.primenet.com> <19970913093035.50156@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au> <199709130101.TAA13481@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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On Fri, Sep 12, 1997 at 07:01:59PM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: >> >Ugh. The only thing I can suggest is asking Brian exactly what it was >> >in his .Xdefaults, and see if you have the same thing. I can't believe >> >the person who did the FreeBSD port had the problem on his machine; a >> >port done for love always has fewer problems than one done for money. >> >> Did you re-run xrdb after editing your .Xdefaults. > >Actually, I rebooted. But, upon reflection (too many machines, too >little time), the machine I rebooted still has netscape 3 on it, and the >machine that has netscape 4 on it didn't get rebooted. So, I did an >xrdb -query, and sure enough I have some leftovers from my .Xdefaults. That most likely explains it. >I re-ran xrdb, but unfortunately I don't have time to test it since it's >Friday night and the box that can run it is at work. My box at home >doesn't have the 'umph' to run V4, so it still runs V4. > >In short, I *suspect* that things should be working fine if: >1) It is Netscape 4 for FreeBSD >2) There is no trace of any kill/insert-selection crud in any > application defaults and/or .Xdefaults file. > >But, if you're running netscape 3, you'll get annoying messages. :( I've never had those messages with netscape 3 (or any version of netscape I've ever used on various platforms). I was using the BSDI netscape 3 binary at home with FreeBSD 2.2.2 until very recently when I switched to 4. David
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