Re: Redhat-install-list digest, Vol 1 #4303 - 16 msgs

[Ken M Sexton <kmsexton melbpc org au>]

> Message: 9
> Message-ID: <3FF615A2 6040405 vitalstream com>
> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:06:42 -0800
> From: Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>
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> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: Mozilla
>
> 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)

Thank you Rick. It's not surprising that it is an ancient version they 
distributed with RH7.2, but then there is not necessarily anything wrong 
with "ancient", is there? I know my children class me as ancient at times!

I presume, given the move to Fedora (which I am not pursuing at present) 
that my smartest trick is to download a new version from mozilla.org?

What do I do about mozilla as it currently exists on my machine, albeit not 
working? Do I uninstall it? How? Using rpm?

Cheers

Ken