Lionel C. Abrahams wrote:
>
> What is the next step after unzip with directory tree?
> I executed Mozilla.exe. Messages scrolled by, a Java type window
> opened/closed and nothing else...
Then something's wrong. When you run mozilla.exe for the first time, it
checks for a Communicator 4.* installation and launches the
ProfileManager with a list of existing profiles. When you select one and
click on Start Mozilla, it migrates that profile, meaning makes its own
copy of the data. If it doesn't find any profiles, it opens the
ProfileWizard which just prompts you for a profile name and then
launches the browser.
Launch it with "mozilla > mozout 2>&1" to capture the output; it may
indicate what's wrong or at least tell us at what point the process it's
fizzling.
One possibility is that you don't have localhost enabled. If you type
"ping localhost" at an OS/2 command prompt, you should see the
equivalent of:
PING localhost: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=0. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1. time=0. ms
64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=2. time=0. ms
If not, you can use TCP/IP Configuration to enable it.
> I did not find an install.cmd/exe in the /bin directory.
There is none, though the same FTP site contains an install script for
creating a desktop folder and icons.
> This is my first try (I downloaded the 12/09/2000 version.)
A good way to pick a nightly is to check this newsgroup for reactions to
a release announcement. A later release usually means fewer bugs, but
occasionally there may be regressions (e.g. crash when clicking on the
Back button as happened earlier this month), but they tend to get fixed
very fast.
h~
