[SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris 2.6

[Mark G. Thomas]

Hi,

> OK, I've found the guilty one: It's 105284-33 Motif 1.2.7: Runtime library 
> patch. I can install/uninstall it, and the display problems come and go
> away. All other patches from both Tadpole and Solaris 2.6 are installed.
> Now, the question is: is this a Netscape, Tadpole, or Solaris bug? 
> I don't know what version of motif Netscape was originally linked 
> against, but that's most probably be something from Solaris 2.5.1. It's also
> interesting to see that some people seem to have this problem, and others 
> not.  What versions of 105284 do you have installed?
> 
> Rainer

I'm running 105284-31, and haven't noticed the problem.  I am running
Communicator-4.7 though, so will try 4.73.

-Mark

> 
> On  5-Jun-00 at 16:38, Ken Hansen (n2vip at bellatlantic.net) wrote:
> > That would be great...
> > 
> > Ken
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Rainer Canavan" <canavan at cs.bonn.edu>
> > To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 2:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris
> > 2.6
> > 
> > 
> > > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Ken Hansen wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 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.
> 
> [...]
> 
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