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5. _K_n_o_w_n__P_r_o_b_l_e_m_s__a_n_d__W_o_r_k_a_r_o_u_n_d_s
Netscape has a list of known problems in their online
release notes, please refer to those release notes for
further details. The URL for those problems is:
http://home.mcom.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/unix-
2.0.html#Problems
Other problems that we have found specific to the SGI
release that may also exist in other releases are as
follows:
+o While Netscape documents how to eliminate the use of a
disk cache by setting the cache size to zero, Java,
JavaScript, and Plugins all need local cache files in
order to function properly. A zero size cache will
cause the browser to crash periodically when running.
The workaround is simply to not specify a zero size
disk and/or memory cache, a one meg cache is enough to
work around this problem.
+o Due to some problems in the cache, some HTML pages may
not display properly. To fix the display try hitting
the "Reload" button or hold down the "Shift-key" and
press the "Reload" button to force the reload from the
server. Usually this will cause the page to display
properly.
+o SGI does not yet have a Macromind Shockwave plugin so
if you encounter a page with a Shockwave embeded object
you will encounter the following error message:
AAAAlllleeeerrrrtttt!!!! ddddiiiidddd nnnnooootttt ffffiiiinnnndddd aaaa ccccoooonnnnvvvveeeerrrrtttteeeerrrr oooorrrr ddddeeeeccccooooddddeeeerrrr
+o When printing a HTML page that has Java or data in a
form, the Java image and the data are not printed but
space is left for them. The contents of a plugin also
can't be printed.
+o The online "Handbook" and several other buttons are
initialized to access the most current version of these
documents from Netscape Communications Corporation's
World Wide Web site. If you can not access these
sites, make sure that you are not sitting behind a
firewall. Contact your systems administrator for more
information on firewalls and how to configure the
browser to get thru the firewall. If your machine is
directly connected to the Internet, then this will not
be a problem for you.
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+o If your system is configured for a Japanese environment
the Xt text entry widget may not function properly.
Try adding the following to your .Xdefaults or
Xresources file to work around this problem:
NNNNeeeettttssssccccaaaappppeeee****pppprrrreeeeeeeeddddiiiittttTTTTyyyyppppeeee:::: NNNNoooonnnneeee
+o If when navigating the web you download an image or
movie and it brings up a save dialog, make sure that
your system preferences for the location of the mailcap
and mime.types files are the correct ones. Very old
Netscape Navigator beta images available on the network
saved preferences for the location of the mailcap and
mime.types files as "/usr/local/lib/mosaic". This is
the incorrect location and will cause several players
not to run properly. User's must verify that the
system defaults for the mailcap and mime.types files
are pointing to "/usr/local/lib/netscape". Making this
change will most likely cause the player to function
properly.
+o Netscape may have a problem parsing some valid mailcap
entries that may be in personal mailcap files. It has
no problem parsing the mailcap entries we ship with
this product.
+o Netscape Navigator does not use the Indigo Magic
Desktop session management mechanism so will not
automatically restart and reposition itself after the
user logs out then back into the workstation.