[FF103]

Hello All: I have a browser problem that I need a little help with. I downloaded the offline version of Netscape 7.1 and installed it as "user" It wanted to install in "usr/local but when I said o k it said I did'nt have permission to install in that dir, so I installed it to a "home dir" . After the install was finished netscape opened for the first time and worked, but after I closed it the only way I can start it again is to open a terminal and cd to the netscape folder and su to root and then type ./netscape, kind of a long way around to open a browser. I tried making a short cut on the desktop and point it to the netscape folder and script but that doesn't work either.I changed permission to user and changed owner to user but so far nothing has worked to start netscape other than running the script as root. I also tried a sym link to /usr/local but that didn't do it either. Its probably something simple but my simple brain has'nt been able to figure it out. I'm using Mandrake 9.1 if that helps any. And I thank all of you in advance for any help.

[downtime]

Just add a launcher to the executable, it will likely be a netscape icon with an SH on it, in the netscape folder that was created during install. If you click on the executable itself, you'll get a prompt to cancel, run in terminal, run, etc. You can create a launcher on the taskbar, just right click on the taskbar, add launcher, or configure it in the menu panel.

[lynch]

I suspect the reason it wont launch is (1) you didnt install it as root and, (2) you installed it to a directory that isnt in the default path. I would try again and make sure you are root and install it to /usr/local .
You could create a /home/username/bin directory, move the executable to that folder and add /home/username/bin to your default path but that would'nt be very secure.
HTH
lynch

[FF103]

Thanks lynch, I did uninstall it,and re-install it as root and it did install in /usr/local/netscape but after that the only way I can launch it is as "root" , so I assume that when I do that ,that I am browsing as root and I know thats not good. problem is I installed it the same way on another machine and it works perfectly from the desktop icon. Any ideas? Thanks for any help.

[FF103]

Well I never have figured this one out yet,out of four machines, two of them work just as they should by me making a shortcut to the desktop by right clicking and clicking make new link to application,then pointing it to /usr/local/netscape and to the netscape shell script file, and the other two will only let me start netscape from a terminal by cd to /usr/local/netscape and su to root and then ./netscape. if I ever work it out I'll let everyone know what the glitch was. In the mean time all suggestions are appreciated.

[millergroup]

Just put an icon on your toolbar (as root), after it's there, right click on it >properties and put this in the command line: /usr/local/netscape/./netscape. You're good to go for all users........