Re: Knucklescrape Problems :-(((((((

[Bongo deGilligan <micros50 computer net>]

biscut wrote:

> I have recently tried to upgrade my version of Netscape from 4.51 to version
> 6 from the netscape FTP site, however, after 2 hours of trying to
> downloading the components that it needed via the equivalent of
> "smartdownload" my ISP connection died. Now when I try to fire up netscape
> then it gets to "reading file" and then hangs. I have tried to uninstall
> netscape and then reinstall it and even to upgrade it to 4.72 rather than
> trying to get ver 6 again but I still get the same problem. Having said this
> then when i log on as any other user, then it seems to work fine...is there
> anything to explain what has happened here or am i destined to reinstall
> Redhat 6.0 and start from scratch again ?? I can do it but would prefer not
> to :-)
>

Hmmmmm.... First off, there is absolutely no reason why you should have to
completely reinstall  Redhat 6.0 Linux just because of a Netscape related
problem. I've found 3 main problems that keep Netscape from running properly
are either, a missing library or conmponent netscape requires or, some kind of
plug-in  incompatability, and, .... unknown reasons, where Netscape just spits
out "Bus Error" and say's nothing else, in which case you can debug or trace
to  see where the problem may rest.

How was your original version of Netscape installed ? Via tarball or rpm ?
Here I simply download the tarball version and I install it in
"/usr/local/netscape" and toss any needed plugins into
"/usr/local/netscape/plugins"...

>From the problems you describe here it sounds lile the problem lies somewhere
within your "/home/user/.netscape" directory, especially since you say it runs
fine for other users. Here's what you might try.

1) First backup your  "/home/user/.netscape" directory so that you can restore
files from it later. For example, you can copy it to another folder under
another name via something like "$ cp -rvp .netscape  ns-backup"

2) Once you've made a backup copy then delete  the ".netscape" folder from your
home directory via "rm -frv .netscape:

(Note!!  You can perform the 2 steps above in one shot by using "mv .netscape
ns-backup". However I discuss using "cp" followed by "rm" to make clear the
idea of copying to a backup and then removing the original).

3)  Once ".netscape" directory is removed then start netscape.  As it restarts
it will rebuild the ".netscape" directory in your home directory. Most likely
it will probaly start up and run without a hitch.

4) Now that it's up and running again you can restore your bookmarks , etc by
copying the appropriate file(s) from the backup directory "ns-backup" to the
".netscape" directory.


(Please note: In the above discussion I use the words "folder" and "directory"
interchangeably).


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