Re: NS4.78, symlinks and plugins
Hi,
On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 04:19:25PM +0100, Sebastiaan (S.Breedveld@ITS.TUDelft.NL) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just installed Netscape 4.78 in /usr/lib/netscape/478 (downloaded
> > from netscape.com and installed it like the previous (debian) version),
> > and all is working fine except the plugins. When I run
> > '/usr/lib/netscape/478/netscape/netscape' the plugins are detected and
> > working well, but when I start it via a symlink (like
> > '/etc/alternatives/netscape', pointing to the above path), the plugins are
> > not detected.
> >
> > Any ideas on this?
>
> Not sure if Netscape has issues with this, but I've found several
> applications (OpenOffice comes to mind) that need to be started via
> scripts, not symlinks.
>
I replaced /etc/alternatives/netscape by a simple bash script, and it
works fine now. Any idea why some programs could have probs with this?
Thanks!
Sebastiaan
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