Re: 1.3.6x, Netscape 2.0 dies.

Magnus Bergman (trident@dataphone.se)
Sun, 25 Feb 1996 19:30:57 +0100 (MET)

> One problem with Netscape 2.0 is that it crashes when running java and
> the X server (XFree86) uses 16 bit color. 8 bit color works fine.
> Disabling java (options - security prefs.) solves my problems.
> I'm writing this in Netscape 2.0 with 1.3.68.

That's a know bug in Netscape 2.0. Quote from release notes "Known bugs":

"Java requires 8bpp or 24bpp visuals."

More information might be found on:
http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/unix-2.0.html

Regards

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