David Carlile wrote: > > Thank you very much. I don't feel too dumb... There wasn't any sort of error > message.
There would have been one if you had run it from an xterm. Try it and see - load an xterm and type "netscape". If you're root, you'll see the error. The restriction that Netscape can't be run as root comes from the wrapper script that one of the Debian developers has created, which is run when you type 'netscape' at a prompt or run it from a menu. This restriction is not a 'feature' of Netscape itself. The wrapper script prints out an error message, but if you didn't run Netscape from a prompt you won't see it. I suppose it would be nice if the wrapper script popped up an error message window, you might even like to file a wishlist bug against netscape for it, but I don't think it's worth the effort as you shouldn't be running as the root user anyway. Run as a normal user and use 'su' to temporarily change to root when required. Matthew
