Date: Thu, 14 Dec 95 21:33 WET From: uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Frank Durda IV) To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: netscape port <> 2.1 bug? Message-ID: <m0tQQuF-000CQ1C@nemesis.lonestar.org>
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One of the people I support installed 2.1 the other day (worked great) and he used the ports to obtain netscape2. However, every time he starts it, several error messages get logged to the syslog. It doesn't seem to hurt anything, and netscape appears to be working properly. I tried the same thing on a 2.1 box got the makefile and did a 'make install' today which pulled down the code and installed OK. I then ran netscape and get the same errors: Dec 14 13:13:21 handsoff syslog: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument Dec 14 13:13:21 handsoff last message repeated 7 times The system does have DES loaded, if that has anything to do with it. It was a FTP install, and all four modules of the crypt part of the install were selected. You get these two messages every time you start a copy of netscape: Dec 14 14:03:26 handsoff syslog: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument Dec 14 14:03:26 handsoff last message repeated 7 times Anyone have any ideas? This sounds like something malfunctioning in the 2.1 side of things rather than Netscape. I also note that (in my case anyway) when a lookup fails (like I mistyped freebsd.cdrom.con), netscape moans that it can't locate the name server, which is odd because it is running *on* the name server and all other packages requesting DNS resolutions work fine. It also puts up a message it can't locate the site you were after in the first place (one box obscuring the other), but when you give the names of real places that are up, it runs fine. This sounds more like a bug in Netscape. Also, does everybody get "Mozilla" instead of Comets in the netscape logo? I haven't used the BSD version of netscape before. Thanks for any replies. Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"Santa's check flight gets crazy or uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com (Fastest Route)| when the FAA tester decides the ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem | sleigh will 'lose an engine' ...decvax!fw.ast.com!nemesis!uhclem | during takeoff by liberal use of his shotgun. Ouch!"
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