Eric Tittley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I'm very sad. I read this and hoped that it would solve my
problem. Alas,
1034 > l /dev/zero
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Mar 23 23:37 /dev/zero
What else can I do?
> Hi,
>
> I had a problem running Netscape 6.x on a Slackware-based system.
> At the same time, I've had no problem on a RedHat-based system.
>
> The problem has the symptom of netscape running just fine as root,
> but not at all as a user.
>
> It fails with the error: (which I add to help people search the
> newsgroups)
> >/usr/local/netscape6/netscape
> /usr/local/netscape6/run-mozilla.sh /usr/local/netscape6/mozilla-bin
> MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/local/netscape6
>
>
>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/netscape6/Cool:/usr/local/netscape6:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/X11/lib
> LIBPATH=/usr/local/netscape6:/usr/local/netscape6/Cool
> SHLIB_PATH=/usr/local/netscape6:/usr/local/netscape6/Cool
> XPCS_HOME=/usr/local/netscape6/Cool
> MOZ_PROGRAM=/usr/local/netscape6/mozilla-bin
> MOZ_TOOLKIT=
> moz_debug=0
> moz_debugger=
> /usr/local/netscape6/mozilla-bin
> I am inside the initialize
> Hey : You are in QFA Startup
> /usr/local/netscape6/run-mozilla.sh: line 73: 10476 Segmentation
> fault $prog ${1+"$@"}
>
> **********
> The solution that I found is to make /dev/zero world-writable.
> **********
> This is the default for RedHat installations, but not for
> Slackware.
>
> From what I read on the newsgroups, this is a problem that many
> people have had, but no solutions were given. I hope
> this helps others.
>
> Cheers,
> Eric Tittley
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