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= = = = = = = = = = = = = = Mozilla Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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Mozilla is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement accompanying
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it.
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This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and
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installation instructions for the OS/2 build of Mozilla.
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For more info on Mozilla, see http://www.mozilla.org. For more info on the OS/2
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port see http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2. To submit bugs or other feedback
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check out Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org for links to known bugs,
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bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help with Bugzilla by
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pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine at irc.mozilla.org, OS/2 specific
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problems are discussed in #warpzilla and in the newsgroup mozilla.dev.ports.os2
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on news.mozilla.org.
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Getting Mozilla
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Official Milestone builds of Mozilla are published on the release page at
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http://www.mozilla.org/releases
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OS/2 releases are not created by Mozilla.org staff and may appear on the page
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http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2 before the releases page. Be sure to read the
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Mozilla release notes linked on the releases page for information on known
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problems and installation issues with Mozilla.
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System Requirements
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*All Platforms
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To view and use the "Modern" theme, your display monitor should be set to
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display thousands of colors. For users who cannot set their displays to use
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more than 256 colors, Mozilla.org recommends using the "Classic" theme for
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Mozilla.
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To select the Modern theme after you have installed Mozilla, from the
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Navigator browser, open the View menu, and then open then open the Apply
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Theme submenu and choose Modern.
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*OS/2
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- This release requires the C runtime DLLs (libc-0.6.1) from
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ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
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in order to run. You can unpack them in the same directory as the Mozilla
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executable or somewhere else in your LIBPATH. The Mozilla installer will
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not install the C runtime DLLs for you but requires them to run.
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- Minimum hardware requirements
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+ Pentium class processor
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+ 64 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
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+ 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation
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plus storage space for disk cache and mail
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- Recommended hardware for acceptable performance
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+ 500 MHz processor
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+ 256 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space
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NOTE: Mozilla's performance and stability increases the more physical RAM
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is available. Especially for long browsing and IRC sessions 512 MiB of
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memory is recommended.
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- Software requirements
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+ Installation on a file system supporting long file names
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(i.e. HPFS or JFS but not FAT)
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+ OS/2 Warp 4 with Fixpack 15 or later
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+ MPTS version 5.3
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+ TCP/IP version 4.1
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+ INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006
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NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these INETVER
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levels. Although Mozilla may seem to start and run normally with older
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stacks, some features Mozilla needs are not implemented correctly in
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older MPTS versions, which may result in crashes and data loss.
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+ Convenience Pack 2 or eComStation 1.0 or later meet these requirements
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out of the box.
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Installation Instructions
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For all platforms, install into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of
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previously released builds may cause problems if a ZIP package is used instead
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of an installer EXE.
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Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Mozilla.
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For info on building the Mozilla source, see
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http://www.mozilla.org/build/
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OS/2 Installation Instructions
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To install Mozilla by downloading the Mozilla installer, follow these steps:
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1. Click the "Installer" link on the site you're downloading Mozilla
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from to download the installer file to your machine. This file is typically
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called mozilla-os2-*-installer.exe where the "*" is replaced by the Mozilla
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version.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file, make sure that the C library
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DLLs are copied to the same directory or installed in the LIBPATH, and
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double-click on the the Mozilla installer object to start the Setup
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program.
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3. Follow the on-screen instructions in the setup program. The program
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automatically ends any running Mozilla sessions and creates a Mozilla
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folder on the Desktop. To start Mozilla the first time, again make sure
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that the C library DLLs are copied to the installation directory or
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installed in the LIBPATH and then double-click the Mozilla program object
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inside this folder.
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To install Mozilla by downloading the .zip file and installing manually,
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follow these steps:
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1. Click the "Zip" link on the site you're downloading Mozilla from to
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download the ZIP package to your machine. This file is typically called
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mozilla-os2-*.zip where the "*" is replaced by the Mozilla version.
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2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and unpack it using your
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favorite unzip tool.
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3. Keep in mind that the unzip process creates a directory "mozilla" below
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the location you point it to, i.e.
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unzip mozilla-os2-1.7.5.zip -d c:\mozilla-1.7.5
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will unpack Mozilla into c:\mozilla-1.7.5\mozilla.
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4. Make sure that you are _not_ unpacking over an old installation. This is
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known to cause problems.
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5. To start Mozilla, navigate to the directory you extracted Mozilla to,
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make sure that the C library DLLs are copied to the installation directory
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or installed in the LIBPATH, and then double-click the Mozilla.exe object.
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Running multiple versions of Mozilla concurrently
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Because various members of the Mozilla family (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox,
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Thunderbird, IBM Web Browser) may use different, incompatible versions of the
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same DLL, some extra steps may be required to run them concurrently.
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One workaround is the LIBPATHSTRICT variable. To run Mozilla based applications
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one can create a CMD script like the following example (where an installation of
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Mozilla exists in the directory d:\internet\mozilla is assumed):
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set LIBPATHSTRICT=T
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rem The next line may be needed when a different Mozilla program is listed in LIBPATH
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rem set BEGINLIBPATH=d:\internet\mozilla
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rem The next line is only needed to run two versions of the same program
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rem set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
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d:
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cd d:\internet\mozilla
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mozilla.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
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Similarly, one can create a program object to start Mozilla using the following
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settings:
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Path and file name: *
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Parameters: /c set LIBPATHSTRICT=T & .\mozilla.exe "%*"
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Working directory: d:\internet\mozilla
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(One might need to add MOZ_NO_REMOTE and/or BEGINLIBPATH as in the CMD script
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above depending on the system configuration.)
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Finally, the simplest method is to use the Run! utility by Rich Walsh that can
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be found in the Hobbes Software Archive:
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http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=Run!
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Read its documentation for more information.
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Separating profiles from installation directory
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To separate the locations of the user profile(s) (containing the bookmarks and
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all customizations) from the installation directory to keep your preferences in
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the case of an update even when using ZIP packages, set the variable
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MOZILLA_HOME to a directory of your choice. You can do this either in
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Config.sys or in a script or using a program object as listed above. If you add
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set MOZILLA_HOME=f:\Data
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the user profile(s) will be created in "f:\Data\Mozilla\Profiles".
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Other important environment variables
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There are a few enviroment variables that can be used to control special
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behavior of Mozilla on OS/2:
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- set NSPR_OS2_NO_HIRES_TIMER=1
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This causes Mozilla not to use OS/2's high resolution timer. Set this if other
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applications using the high resolution timer (multimedia apps) act strangely.
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- set MOZILLA_USE_EXTENDED_FT2LIB=T
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If you have the Innotek Font Engine installed this variable enables special
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functions in Mozilla to handle unicode characters.
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- set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
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Use this to run two instances of Mozilla simultaneously (e.g. debug and
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optimized version).
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Find more information on this topic and other tips on
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http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html
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Known Problems of the OS/2 version
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Cross-platform problems are usually listed in the release notes of each
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milestone release.
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- Bug 167884, "100% CPU load when viewing site [tiling transparent PNG]":
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167884
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On OS/2, Mozilla is known to have very slow performance on websites that use
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small, repeated images with transparency for their layout.
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Other known problems can be found by following the link "Current Open Warpzilla
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Bugs" on the OS/2 Mozilla page <http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/>.
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