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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:24:24 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Shan-Min Chao <shanmin@lvdi.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netscape help
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980112192345.22079X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01bd1b2f$01b08380$011581d1@shan>

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On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Shan-Min Chao wrote:

>     I am in need of dire help.  I have set up XWindows and configured my
> PPP dialer in FreeBSD 2.2.2, and I just attempted to install Netscape. 
> I downloaded the gzip file from the netscape FTP site and stored it in
> the /usr directory.  I then did a
> 
> gzip -dc "filename" | tar -xvf -
> 
> which extracted the files.  According to the Netscape site, I was then
> supposed to type ./nl-install, but I could not find a "nl" file! 

Try installing the port.  It takes care of this silliness for you.

> Also, my XWindows resolution is way too big, which makes the fonts way
> too small, and the mouse takes forever to move.  Any ideas how to lower
> the resolution to fix this problem? 

Ctrl-Alt-greyminus

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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