Re: Mozilla

[Kostas Sfakiotakis <kostassf cha forthnet gr>]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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)

It might be stupid to say this , but if he goes ahead and download
mozilla v. 1.5 ( the latest stable version , since betas might not
be the best bet , although release candidates work pretty nicely )
what does he need the updates from Redhat ?
Wouldn't mozilla 1.5 be just fine ?
You see i have been using the 1.5 version of mozilla without Redhat
updates and it's working pretty cool with my Redhat 7.3 , kernel 2.4.18-3

Regards ,
  Kostas



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