In article ,
pds wrote:
>Mozilla web browser in Solaris 10 won't open in CDE or Java Desktop. It
>just starts to open then closes back up.

groupadd pds
useradd -g pds -s /bin/zsh -d /home/pds pds
mkdir /export/home/pds
chown pds /export/home/pds
passwd pds

Login to CDE or JDS as user pds.

John
groenveld@acm.org

Thanks for the tip John. I can't get it to work right though. I actually
re-installed the OS again and have been through the same cycle again.
Logging on as "root" works fine for a couple of days and then the browser
quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take it
OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.

Does it matter if I use the terminal or command prompt logon when I add the
user?

Why does the browser of the "root" account quit working? Is that by design?

"John D Groenveld" wrote in message
news:e1ujof$jfb$1@neuromancer.cse.psu.edu...
> In article ,
> pds wrote:
>>Mozilla web browser in Solaris 10 won't open in CDE or Java Desktop. It
>>just starts to open then closes back up.
>
> groupadd pds
> useradd -g pds -s /bin/zsh -d /home/pds pds
> mkdir /export/home/pds
> chown pds /export/home/pds
> passwd pds
>
> Login to CDE or JDS as user pds.
>
> John
> groenveld@acm.org

pds wrote:
> Thanks for the tip John. I can't get it to work right though. I actually
> re-installed the OS again and have been through the same cycle again.
> Logging on as "root" works fine for a couple of days and then the browser
> quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take it
> OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.

Are you happy that the hardware is OK? The fact it works for a while and
then fails suggests some kind of corruption.

--
Geoff Lane, Airstrip One

Today's Excuse: Standing room only on the bus.

I'm pretty sure the hardware is stable and reliable. I am so unfamiliar
with the Solaris 10 that I thought it might be something by design. I have
been reading up so my knowledge has increased quite a bit since my first
post. Dealing with the different shells is still a little confusing though.


"Geoff Lane" wrote in message
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> pds wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip John. I can't get it to work right though. I
>> actually
>> re-installed the OS again and have been through the same cycle again.
>> Logging on as "root" works fine for a couple of days and then the browser
>> quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take
>> it
>> OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.
>
> Are you happy that the hardware is OK? The fact it works for a while and
> then fails suggests some kind of corruption.
>
> --
> Geoff Lane, Airstrip One
>
> Today's Excuse: Standing room only on the bus.

as I think I said before - I can send and receive mail OK from the internet
and copy large binary files back and forth on the LAN. So it seems the
hardware is functional and the IP address valid.


"Geoff Lane" wrote in message
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> pds wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip John. I can't get it to work right though. I
>> actually
>> re-installed the OS again and have been through the same cycle again.
>> Logging on as "root" works fine for a couple of days and then the browser
>> quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take
>> it
>> OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.
>
> Are you happy that the hardware is OK? The fact it works for a while and
> then fails suggests some kind of corruption.
>
> --
> Geoff Lane, Airstrip One
>
> Today's Excuse: Standing room only on the bus.

In article <44492e9c$0$656$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk>,
Geoff Lane wrote:
>Are you happy that the hardware is OK? The fact it works for a while and
>then fails suggests some kind of corruption.

The OP might try running memtest86 from the Ultimate Boot CD.

John
groenveld@acm.org

In article ,
pds wrote:
>quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take it
>OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.

Hmmm. In /home/pds, you should see a .dt directory and inside it
a startlog. Lets see it.

>Does it matter if I use the terminal or command prompt logon when I add the
>user?

No.

>Why does the browser of the "root" account quit working? Is that by design?

There was a bug in Netscape which may have carried forward into Mozilla
that the browser wouldn't run as root.

I kinda consider it a feature and don't care to test myself.

John
groenveld@acm.org

Thanks again. I'll try it again eventually and add the user right away
instead of continuing to logon as root.

"John D Groenveld" wrote in message
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> In article ,
> pds wrote:
>>quits working again. When I add the "pds" as you said it seems to take it
>>OK but when I try that logon it just goes back to the logon screen.
>
> Hmmm. In /home/pds, you should see a .dt directory and inside it
> a startlog. Lets see it.
>
>>Does it matter if I use the terminal or command prompt logon when I add
>>the
>>user?
>
> No.
>
>>Why does the browser of the "root" account quit working? Is that by
>>design?
>
> There was a bug in Netscape which may have carried forward into Mozilla
> that the browser wouldn't run as root.
>
> I kinda consider it a feature and don't care to test myself.
>
> John
> groenveld@acm.org