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Revision: 13 Author: gassla Date: 2006-03-20 21:40:56 -0800 (Mon, 20 Mar 2006) ViewCVS: http://svn.sourceforge.net/malagazilla/?rev=13&view=rev Log Message: ----------- first commit Added Paths: ----------- l10n/mg/browser/os2/ l10n/mg/browser/os2/README.txt Added: l10n/mg/browser/os2/README.txt =================================================================== --- l10n/mg/browser/os2/README.txt (rev 0) +++ l10n/mg/browser/os2/README.txt 2006-03-21 05:40:56 UTC (rev 13) @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ +================================================================================ + += = = = = = = = = = = = = = Firefox Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = + +================================================================================ + +Firefox is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement +accompanying it. + +This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and +installation instructions for the OS/2 build of Firefox. + +For more info on Firefox, see http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/. +For more info on the OS/2 port see http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2. To submit +bugs or other feedback check out Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org for +links to known bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help +with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine at irc.mozilla.org, +OS/2 specific problems are discussed in #warpzilla and in the newsgroup +netscape.public.mozilla.os2 on news.mozilla.org and other newsservers. + + +================================================================================ + + Getting Firefox + +================================================================================ + +Official Milestone builds of Firefox are published on the release page at + + http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/ + +OS/2 releases are not created by Mozilla.org staff and may appear on the page +http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2 before the releases page. Be sure to read the +Firefox release notes linked on the releases page for information on known +problems and installation issues with Firefox. + + +================================================================================ + + System Requirements on OS/2 + +================================================================================ + +- This release requires updated C runtime DLLs (libc-0.5.1) from + http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html + in order to run. By default the installation routine places them in \OS2\DLL + on your bootdrive, but you can put them in the same directory as Firefox's + executable, or somewhere else in your LIBPATH. + +- Minimum hardware requirements + + Pentium class processor + + 64 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space + + 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation + plus storage space for disk cache + +- Recommended hardware for acceptable performance + + 500 MHz processor + + 256 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space + NOTE: Firefox's performance and stability increases the more physical + RAM is available. Especially for long sessions 512 MiB of memory is + recommended. + + Graphics card and driver capable of displaying more than 256 colors + +- Software requirements + + Installation on a file system supporting long file names + (i.e. HPFS or JFS but not FAT) + + OS/2 Warp 4 with Fixpack 15 or later + + MPTS version 5.3 + + TCP/IP version 4.1 + + INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006 + NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these INETVER + levels. Although Firefox may seem to start and run normally with older + stacks, some features Firefox needs are not implemented correctly in + older MPTS versions, which may result in crashes and data loss. + + + Convenience Pack 2 or eComStation 1.0 or later meet these requirements + out of the box. + + +================================================================================ + + Installation Instructions + +================================================================================ + +For all platforms, unpack into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of +previously released builds may cause problems with Firefox. + +Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Firefox. +For info on building the Firefox source, see + + http://www.mozilla.org/build/ + + +OS/2 Installation Instructions +------------------------------ + + On OS/2, Firefox does not have an installation program. To install it, + download the .zip file and follow these steps: + + 1. Click the "Zip" link on the site you're downloading Firefox from + to download the ZIP package to your machine. This file is typically called + firefox-os2-*.zip where the "*" is replaced by the Firefox version. + + 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and unpack it using your + favorite unzip tool. + + 3. Keep in mind that the unzip process creates a directory "firefox" + below the location you point it to, i.e. + unzip firefox-os2-1.0.1.zip -d c:\firefox-1.0.1 + will unpack Firefox into c:\firefox-1.0.1\firefox. + + 4. Make sure that you are _not_ unpacking over an old installation. This is + known to cause problems. + + 5. To start Firefox, navigate to the directory you extracted + Firefox to, make sure that the C library DLLs are copied to the + installation directory or installed in the LIBPATH, and then double-click + the Firefox.exe object. + + +Running multiple versions concurrently +-------------------------------------- + +Because various members of the Mozilla family (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox, +Thunderbird, IBM Web Browser) may use different, incompatible versions of the +same DLL, some extra steps may be required to run them concurrently. + +One workaround is the LIBPATHSTRICT variable. To run Firefox one can create +a CMD script like the following example (where an installation of Firefox +exists in the directory d:\internet\firefox is assumed): + + set LIBPATHSTRICT=T + rem The next line may be needed when a different Mozilla program is listed in LIBPATH + rem set BEGINLIBPATH=d:\internet\firefox + rem The next line is only needed to run two different versions of Firefox + rem set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 + d: + cd d:\internet\firefox + firefox.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 + +Similarly, one can create a program object to start Firefox using the +following settings: + + Path and file name: * + Parameters: /c set LIBPATHSTRICT=T & .\firefox.exe "%*" + Working directory: d:\internet\firefox + +(One might need to add MOZ_NO_REMOTE and/or BEGINLIBPATH as in the CMD script +above depending on the system configuration.) + +Finally, the simplest method is to use the Run! utility by Rich Walsh that can +be found in the Hobbes Software Archive: + + http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=Run! + +Read its documentation for more information. + + +Separating profiles from installation directory +----------------------------------------------- + +To separate the locations of the user profile(s) (containing the bookmarks and +all customizations) from the installation directory to keep your preferences in +the case of an update even when using ZIP packages, set the variable +MOZILLA_HOME to a directory of your choice. You can do this either in Config.sys +or in a script or using a program object as listed above. If you add + + set MOZILLA_HOME=f:\Data + +the Firefox user profile will be created in "f:\Data\Mozilla\Firefox". + +If you are migrating from Mozilla, Firefox's import routine will only find +the existing Mozilla profile data if MOZILLA_HOME is correctly set to point to +it. + + +Other important environment variables +------------------------------------- + +There are a few enviroment variables that can be used to control special +behavior of Firefox on OS/2: + +- set NSPR_OS2_NO_HIRES_TIMER=1 + This causes Firefox not to use OS/2's high resolution timer. Set this if + other applications using the high resolution timer (multimedia apps) act + strangely. + +- set MOZILLA_USE_EXTENDED_FT2LIB=T + If you have the Innotek Font Engine installed this variable enables special + functions in Firefox to handle unicode characters. + +- set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 + Use this to run two instances of Firefox simultaneously (like e.g. debug + and optimized version). + +Find more information on this topic and other tips on + http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html + + +Known Problems of the OS/2 version +---------------------------------- + +Cross-platform problems are usually listed in the release notes of each +milestone release. + +- Bug 167884, "100% CPU load when viewing site [tiling transparent PNG]": + https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167884 +On OS/2, Mozilla's rendering engine is known to have very slow performance on +websites that use small, repeated images with transparency for their layout. +This affects rendering in Firefox as well. + +Other known problems can be found by following the link "Current Open Warpzilla +Bugs" on the OS/2 Mozilla page <http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/>. Property changes on: l10n/mg/browser/os2/README.txt ___________________________________________________________________ Name: svn:executable + * This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |
