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4.6 Netscape Topic
Download the Netscape web browser and install it.
If you are doing web development it is handy, though
not essential to have a web browser running locally.
This means you will need to set up X11 and get the mouse working.
I also want you to set up gpm the mouse server for virtual
consoles.
- Read about X11, Chapter 10 "Running Linux" Second Edition.
- Download Netscape.
- Read about
gpm (man gpm).
- Know about virtual consoles. (Switch between them with a
Ctrl-F1 through Ctrl-F6. From X to a virtual console
with Ctrl-Alt-F1 through Ctrl-Alt-F6. Switch back to
X11 with Ctrl-F7.
- Install and configure X11. Use the files on red's anonymous ftp server.
look in the directory "
pub/csc225". This is usually
located in /etc/X11/XF86Config.
The server is
XF86_S3V this is located at /usr/bin/X11/XF86_S3V.
Use the debian package xserver-s3v it is also on red.
- Install Netscape Navigator (also on red)
- Configure
gpm.
- Copy some stuff from one console to another.
- Show me your working
gpm and Netscape web browser in class.
Instructor: ltaber@pima.edu** Red's Home page** The Pima College Site