Re: NETSCAPE on Alpha AXP

[Paul Tomblin <ptomblin xcski com>]

Quoting Bruce, Stephen (stephen_bruce@uscs.com):
> will not normally support the compiled version of Mozilla. (Even
> if you could compile it *easily* for  the axp 64-bit architecture
> - and believe me it is *not* easy to compile Mozilla on the 
> alpha!!).
> 

I have a semi-working version of qtscape on my UDB.  I compiled it using the
a fairly recent mozilla release, the QTscape patches, the Uncle George
patches, and some finger crossing and luck.  It does NOT work if I compile it
with egcs 1.0.3a.  It's also buggy as hell - it core dumps if you press the
"Home" button, for example.

Currently I'm using ip forwarding so that my RedHat/Intel box can talk to the
network, and running "xon cirrus netscape" to run Intel-Linux Netscape on my
Intel box with the display set to the UDB.  My home directory is NFS mounted
on the Intel box.  It's a gross hack, but it works.

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