Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:52:26 +0100 From: HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: G <G.S.J.Howell@swansea.ac.uk> Cc: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X problems:FreeBSD2.2.8R/Netscape4.5 Message-ID: <36B6F50A.3DB1215A@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <36B6EABB.9398A2B3@Swansea.ac.uk> <36B6EEEA.F33E26C2@uk.radan.com>
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Hello, I'm afraid Netscape can't work on a 24-bit display (try running it with a 16-bit deep display ad tell us if it's better. TfH Mark Ovens wrote: > > G wrote: > > > > Hi All. > > > > I'm having a problem which is driving me bonkers. I've just upgraded to > > FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE (from 2.2.7) and to Netscape 4.5 (from 4.05). I > > had 'system now trashed' type problems doing this with cvsup, and > > eventually had to use a boot disk from www.freebsd.org to do a complete > > reinstallation. > > > > Anyhow, now uname -a outputs the following: > > > > FreeBSD cscall.swan.ac.uk 2.2.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE #0: Mon > > Nov 30 06:34:08 GMT 1998 > > jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > > > My problem is that all the icons in Netscape are being displayed in > > black and white. There seems to be something wrong with the X system. > > I've tried lots of permutations in the XFree86 configuration in > > /stand/sysinstall, but to no avail. I can get the X server to start up > > ok, but it makes no difference to Netscape. I don't know if I have to > > reinstall it from the ports collection, or what. > > > > What version of XFree86 are you running?. This problem was raised in > -questions a while ago and I'm pretty certain that you need XFree > 3.3.3 to solve this (you could search the mailing lists). I'm running > 2.2.8-R, XFree 3.3.3 and Communicator 4.5 and I have no problems. > > HTH > > > Another program that I run, xspect, now crashes, with an error message: > > > > Translation not implemented (bpp: 24; scrmul: 2) > > > > This is probably very program specific, but the 'translation' bit makes > > me think that this is also something to do with X. > > > > My kdm desktop works fine. > > > > I'm still pretty new to Unix, so I want to be careful that I don't trash > > my system again. Any helpful advice regarding this would be gratefully > > appreciated. > > > > TIA > > > > G. > > > > oh, btw: apologies if this message comes through as (gack) html or > > something - the mail client is still a little screwy as well. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov > _______________________________________________________________ > Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK > CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry > mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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