----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Spradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Newbie]Browser Question
> Troy wrote:
> >
> > Strange problem here,
> >
> > I recently installed FreeBSD 4.2. I think it is XFree86 4.xx.
>
> FreeBSD 4.2 would have had XFree86 3.3.5 (or thereabouts) by default.
>
> > It did not
> > install a web browser other than the original kfm. I went back to the
cd and
> > did a post install of Athena and Netscape. After the install, those
programs
> > are nowhere to be found, even after a reboot.
>
> Nowhere to be found? Did you look in /usr/local/ ? Well, the Athena
> widget library would be installed in /usr/X11R6/lib. Netscape
> {Navigator,Communicator} should be found in /usr/local/bin, or at least
> a symlink there, depending on which of the many versions you picked.
> BTW, rebooting doesn't make files magically appear if they weren't there
> before.
I did some exploring of the files, and eventually found the folder where the
Netscape went. I tried running the Netscape, but for some reason it would
not run. It just acted like it was going to start, and then nothing would
come up. It was the Netscape 4.75 that came on the FreeBSD CD. As far as
Rebooting goes, my logic there is that in Windows, some changes do not take
effect untill you reboot. This applies to the installation of programs and
devices. I do not know anything about UNIX, so I figured I would try the
same thing with it just to see.
> > So I went to the web(with kfm)
> > to find an updated browser. I can find them, but it will not let me
download
> > them. I do not know if it is because kfm is sadly out of date or what.
It
> > tells me it cannot open the file. Also, while surfing the web, graphics
in the
> > kfm browser either do not show up, or flash in and out of sight. Any
ideas on
> > this one?
>
> I know nothing about this kfm thing (must be a package, it's certainly
> not part of the base system). Can't help you there.
The kfm is the browser that came up when I tried going to the web from
inside of a file manager window. I was exploring the drive, and entered a
URL in the address bar where it displays the path to the folder you are in.
Up popped a browser (kfm) and went to the site. I have not installed
anything from the web yet for this system, so it came off the installation
CD. I did some research on the web, and it seems that the kfm browser was
like a first generation UNIX browser and is badly out of date.
> You should certainly have no trouble installing Netscape Navigator from
> the cd, however. Either from a text console or in an xterm (or
> equivalent):
>
> 1. su to root
> 2. run /stand/sysinstall
> 3. pick "Configure" from the first menu
> 4. pick "Packages" from the Configuration menu
> 5. pick "CDROM" from the Installation Media" menu
> 6. pick "www" from the list of categories
> 7. pick "netscape-communicator-4.76" (or another as you like)
> 8. choose OK a few times, then exit a few times, ...
>
> Furrfu, that's a lot of steps! Alternatively:
>
> 1. su as above
> 2. mount /cdrom (if you've got it in your /etc/fstab)
> 3. cd /cdrom/packages/www
> 4. ls *netscape* to find the one you want
> 5. pkg_add <whichever you chose>
> 6. cd && umount /cdrom && exit
>
> Still a lot of steps. But all of 'em are really, really easy.
I did manage to install the Chimera web browser from the CD which is
supposed to be html 3.2 compliant, but I still am having problems trying to
download something, that if I go into Windows, I can d/l with no problems.
It keeps telling me that it cannot open the file from the web to d/l it.
Also, the Chimera browser, if it cannot open something, it locks up for the
entire time it is trying to open it up, even though you hit the stop button.
> --
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