Subject: The lizard is caged
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Albert School <aschool@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/03/1999 18:21:56
> Thanks to:
> 
> Marshall Midden <m4@nts.umn.edu> and
> 
> Michael Maciolek <mikem@leftbank.com>
> 
> For their hints...I have netscape 4.5 communicator/calender running.  It
> is the Solaris 2.5.1 / 2.6 version.  I have to burp it slightly when it
> starts up but it runs fine after a "can't execute dup()" error.
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Here is how I did it.
> 
> First as Marshall Midden suggested [I should have thought of this] I did a
> `man -k compat` then `man compat_svr4`.  Then followed the man page,
> copying all solaris_box:/usr/lib to netbsd:/emul/svr4/usr/lib.  
> 
> Got netscape.tgz.  Then installed it in /usr/local/netscape.  The one
> trick is to remember to copy XKeysymDB to /emul/svr4/usr/openwin/lib so
> the keyboard maps nicely.
> 
> Of course you need to be sure about all the legal stuff regarding the use
> of solaris libs.  But considering they are giving away Solaris 7 for
> non-commercial use at sun.com, that should not be a problem.
> 
> Thanks again for the help guys...I hope to start contributing to the
> sparc-port community once I get my workstation set up.  
> 
> Albert
> 
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