[SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris 2.6

[Ken Hansen]

There is a -34 revision of the patch (105284-34) at
ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/

I will try this patch and report back to the list...

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark G. Thomas" <Mark at Misty.com>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Display problem with Netscape 4.73 under Solaris
2.6


>
> 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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