[SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris 2.6

[Ken Hansen]

That is a little old for my taste, but I do appreciate the point of
reference.

I wonder if the included netscape with Solaris 2.7 would be useful - I have
a copy of the distibution here handy...

I gues the question is that if there is nothing unusual about the SPARCBook
hardware, then where between 3.0 and 4.73 did this "break"?

Thanks,

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt Huhn" <kurthuhn at k-huhn.com>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris
2.6


> On a Sparc Classic, I installed the Netscape version that came with 2.6.
> Version 3 I think?  It works great - it's older and doesn't have some of
the
> multimedia features, but it works.
>
> Kurt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ken Hansen
> To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
> Cc: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 7:14 AM
> Subject: [SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris 2.6
>
>
> Hello,
>     I have installed Netscape Communicator 4.73 on my SPARCBook 3GX
running
> Solaris 2.6, but I am having a problem - when I call up a web site, the
> initial screen
> appears fine, but if I scroll down, the display is jumbled.
>
>     By jumbled I mean, for example, the lines of text that were previously
> covered up
> are now displaying a few times in succession,and sometimes over other
lines.
> It
> is as if the CPU/display can not keep up with the scroll request and just
> tries it's best
> to "throw up" what it can.
>
>     There must be a usable version on Netscape around for SPARC/Solaris,
> does
> anyone have any suggestions?
>
>     The software installed is SOlaris 2.6, the Sun Reccommended Patch
> Cluster, the
> Tadpole Software Package, and the Tadpole Patches from Hugo's FAQ.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ken
>
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