Re: Mozilla

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

Ken M Sexton wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Mozilla
> >
> > Ken M Sexton wrote:
> >
> > > However when I click on the Mozilla icon the icon flashes and the 
> > > machine churns away for a little while, and then stops. A short time 
> > > late the icon disappears and I am left where I started with no 
> > > Mozilla and no message saying why not?
> > > Could I try to start it from a text screen instead? If so, where is 
> > > the executable file and do I need to be logged on as root?
> >
> >
> > Open a terminal. run 'rpm -V mozilla'. What does it report?
> >
> > Try running mozilla from the terminal. It should be in yoiu PATH, so 
> > don't worry about where it's located.
> >
> > It should give you some debug information if it doesn't work.
> >
> > You shouldn't need to be root for any of this.
> >
> >         -Thomas
>
>
> Thanks Thomas.
>
> Running rpm -V mozilla on a terminal window produced a single line of 
> output saying
> missing /usr/lib/mozilla/components/xpti.dat
>
> Running mozilla itself from the terminal produced nothing on the 
> terminal, just some action on the hard drive for a short time.
>
> On my installation CDs I have source code including 
> mozilla-0.9.2.1-2.src.rpm. Can I uninstall whatever is already there but 
> not working and start from scratch with the source file? Is there a 
> better way? If not, a brief indication of how to tackle the method I 
> outlined would be gratefully received.

That's an ANCIENT version of mozilla!  Updating to the latest should fix
that issue.  The current mozilla (direct from mozilla.org) is 1.5, with
1.6b (beta) available.

RedHat has released updates for mozilla:

	RedHat Version			Mozilla Version
	------------------------	--------------------------------
	RedHat Linux 7.x and 8.0	1.0.2-2 (via update RPMs)
	RedHat Linux 9			1.2.1-26 (installed, no updates)
	Fedora Core 1			1.4.1-17 (installed, no updates)

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