From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 3 10:32:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA09874 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:32:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA09866; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:32:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199610031732.KAA09866@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Netscape 3.0 release To: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU (Mark O'Lear) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 10:32:02 -0700 (PDT) Cc: flaq@synwork.com, jkh@time.cdrom.com, rpt@sso.wdl.lmco.com, questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <3253E478.3485@Colorado.EDU> from "Mark O'Lear" at Oct 3, 96 10:06:17 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk do you have to use 3.0 release version of netscape? 3.0b7 and java work beautifully. i recently posted a detailed setup message. which i cant find right now ;( jmb Mark O'Lear wrote: > > I have also been through every suggested step to get Java working > with no luck either. The interesting thing is that it seems > to be dependent on which display I display it on, not which computer > I run it on. If I run it from Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris and display > it on my display (FreeBSD), it does not do Java. If I run it from > FreeBSD and display it on the Linux or Solaris display, it works just > fine. The Linux box and FreeBSD box have different graphics cards, > but the same resolution (16 bpp - actually one Linux box has 8 bpp > and the other has 16bpp and both work fine). Basically every version > works when displayed on the Linux or Solaris boxes, but no version > works when displayed on my FreeBSD box. The only differences > between these systems (working and not working) is the > graphics card. Also the FreeBSD box doesn't have the > Multi-Buffering X11 extension, while all the other systems do. > -- > Mark O'Lear \ e-mail: Mark.Olear@Colorado.EDU > University of Colorado \ phone: (303) 492-3798 > Telecomm. Svcs. (CB 313) \ fax: (303) 492-5105 > Boulder, CO 80309 \ >