Alex Buell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 30 Aug 2001, Juergen Kreileder wrote:
>
>> I still have problems with Mozilla on Sparc (even without Java), so
>> this might take a couple of days more... (You might be able to use
>> Java in Mozilla before that. There's a new Java integration API
>> for Mozilla: Waterfall. IIRC it will build with access to the Java
>> sources.)
>
> Odd. I have very few problems with Mozilla (I am using 0.9.3), and
> totally love it. It doesn't crash where Netscape *will* crash! I've
> only had Mozilla crash when I've forgotten to initialise it by
> running it as root after installation.
Mozilla still crashes my X server at startup.
> Thanks, I'll look forward to testing the sparc-linux JDK 1.3.1 when
> it's out. I have a lot of java stuff that's guaranteed to cause most
> JVMs a nasty case of heartburn. ;o) Blackdown 1.3.0 on Sparc and
> 1.3.0 & 1.3.1 on Intel works fine!
>
> I am somewhat concerned by the requirement for glibc 2.2.4 though,
> as I don't particularly want to have to upgrade from 2.1.3. Why is
> it necessary, if at all?
As said before, for now glibc-2.1.3 is good enough. But at some point
we will require newer glibc/XFree releases which will allow us to drop
some ugly compatibility code and to use features available in newer
versions (e.g. Xinerama, Xv).
Juergen
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http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html
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