Thanks for the info, it solved the problems.

A few more questions from a newbie:

1. Is Communicator inestable on NetBSD?
2. Will you recommend another browser for UNIX?


Andrew Gillham wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 06:29:07AM +0100, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> > Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com> writes:
> >
> > >The lock file is actually under the Linux emulation tree, since there is
> > >a 'root' directory there.  So look in:
> > >     /emul/linux/root/.netscape
> >
> > I highly doubt that.  Netscape (the linux-emulated one) was always
> > writing to my regular home directory under $HOME/.netscape, and
> > the "crash^Wlockfile" was always there also.  A simple rm on the
> > lockfile in $HOME/.netscape should help.  Mozilla, btw., doesn't
> 
> Try it as 'root' and you'll see what I mean.
> 
> > seem to leave such a lockfile, even though the latest version
> > is as instable as netscape on a bad day (the last version was
> > a lot better, hopefully the next will be better again...)
> >
> > In fact, except for a few directories (like, where emulation
> > libs and /etc, etc. (no pun intended) are found) linux emulation
> > seems to map to the normal filesystem tree.  Very well done,
> > I have to say.
> 
> It maps to the normal filesystem when it can't fine the path it is
> looking for in the emulation filesystem.  If you're running Netscape
> as 'root', when it tries to do something in $HOME it is really in
> /emul/linux/root.
> 
> -Andrew

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