this is what I have on this box:
So nothing here to help you out...
But for me getting firefox to work was not obvious and I had to tweek a lot, as its a 64bit, and most lib are pointing by default to the 32bit libs...
We dont know what firefox you are using ( 32/64 or version...) I to get running the one I use, had to review all the pregrequisites and do many updates...
Then you have other softs not working properly after, so you have to customize mozilla configuration to use the libs it needs and not use default to not upset the rest.. Unless you have a lot of time to resolve everything for all and are a guru that masters C and the art of compilation..
But so far not knowing what version and type of bin, we cant say much
I have just seen someone using the OPERA browser - it looks quite good and seems to have a friendly GUI.
Can I get this for UNIX(Solaris 8 is my OS)??? Does anyone have this installed on their UNIX workstation?? How is it performing??
All comments and advice is welcome!! (1 Reply)
I recently install solaris8. on my computer, unfortunately I'm running AOL 7.
Is't possible to run this on solaris?. If yes, your help is welcome.
:( (3 Replies)
:D Howdy
The IT admin where I work is limited in knowing what's available, so we're stuck with Netscape Navigator v4.72, as our only GUI browser.
:confused: Is there a user friendly unix browser, that the average non-unix savey engineer can use?
OS is AIX 4.3 (on the BASH shell).
Hardware... (4 Replies)
In Linux, is there any variable which carries the value of the default browser.
Say, in linux we have the $SHELL variable which points to the current SHELL in use.
Similarly, is there anything for default BROWSER settings ?
Vino (2 Replies)
All:
Have an HP-UX server running init level 3, dtlogin shows up in ps -ef, but when you try to connect to this server via X browser (on Win XP), the browser comes up with just a gray screen w/mouse pointer.
All the other HP-UX boxes on the same subnet come up with a pretty dtlogin screen.
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I'm looking for a browser than can handle heavy java usage. Firefox doesn't seem to be able to handle heavy usage anymore :( . Chromium does a decent job, but its just so different from Firefox I just can't get used to it. I have been trying to get used to chromium for over 2 weeks but can't... (1 Reply)
I just would like to have a javascript function ( for user logout ) which can close the browser that the user run this function , for example , if the user is using IE to click this function , then close ALL IE browser , is it possible ? if it can not be make , could the function close ALL opened... (2 Replies)
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firefox
FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
firefox-bin [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable, firefox-bin.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.
GTK options
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gdk debugging flags to unset
--gtk-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
--gtk-module=MODULE
Load an additional Gtk module
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-v, -version
Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.
-CreateProfile profile
Create profile.
-P profile
Start with profile.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
-remote command
Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
-no-remote
Don't connect to any other running instances of firefox. Use this if you want to run firefox in an entirely new process. By default,
firefox will delegate a command to an already running instance.
-safe-mode
Start firefox in safe-mode. This disables all third-party extensions, and may be necessary if you are having problems with an exten-
sion you installed.
-new-tab url
Open url in a new tab.
-new-window url
Open url in a new window.
-preferences
Open the preferences dialog.
-private
Start firefox in private browsing mode.
-private-toggle
Toggle private browsing mode.
-setDefaultBrowser
Set firefox as the default web browser.
-search term
Search for term with your default search engine.
-migration
Start with migration wizard.
-new-instance
Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.
FILES
/usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/mozilla/firefox-bin - firefox executable
VERSION
1.0
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO mozilla(1)AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
firefox August 07, 2001 FIREFOX(1)