Date: 11 Jan 2002 21:20:14 -0500 From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Dave <dloose@wpi.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux mozilla in a Gnome menu Message-ID: <1010802014.82779.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20020111210520.A3371@mimir.res.WPI.NET> References: <20020111210520.A3371@mimir.res.WPI.NET>
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On Fri, 2002-01-11 at 21:05, Dave wrote: > I seem to be having a bit of a problem running mozilla from a Gnome menu. > I'm using the Linux binary because I want to use Java/Flash/etc. I put > mozilla in my "Favorites" menu with the command set to "mozilla" or > "/usr/local/mozilla". Mozilla is installed in /usr/local/mozilla (the > default for the web installer). I added this directory to my path. > > I have gotten it to work by checking the "run in terminal" box but that > has the unfortunate side effect of spawning a separate terminal which > simply waits for mozilla to terminate. Is there a better way? Gnome > seems to have no problem spawning a window when I use it as the default > URL handler. > > Sorry if this question is too simplistic or sent to the wrong list. I > looked around and it seemed this was my best bet. Well, in the future, freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org is the list for GNOME issues. This problem is most likely related to xalf (Launch Feedback). Since launch feedback is a FreeBSD library, it can't launch Linux binaries. Simply to into Control Center, and turn off Launch Feedback. You should be able to launch Linux Mozilla then. Joe > > Thanks for the help, > > Dave > > 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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