Subj : Mozilla vs IBM web browser
To   : Bat Lang
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Tue Apr 19 2005 10:22 am

Hi Bat,

 BL> After installation completes, and I
 BL> reboot, when I click on the Mozilla icon, it briefly gets the 'striped
 BL> background', then returns to normal, and NADA! 

It sounds like Mozila v1.8 cannot find the GCC Runtime .DLL files that it 
needs...

 BL> mozilla-os2-1_8a4-installer.exe (from the Moz site?)

From Mozilla 1.4, I tried Firefox 1.0 (didn't like that, too simplistic, not 
customisable enough and too much a Windows Weany style), I then moved to 1.8a5 
direct without any of the in between versions and have been there ever since 
(~4 months now). It works great for me...

It really does sound like the GCC Runtime (similar to the EMX runtime) is not 
available, the symptoms you report sound EXACTLY like that is missing. Note 
that the install docs included IN the Mozilla archive do not include specific 
details about the install for OS/2, you need to read the OS/2 install details 
on the Mozilla Web site see below) to get the details for the OS/2 install. 
If you went here to get Mozilla -
  http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/
then follow these instructions (a link further down the above page) -
  http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7/installation-ports.html#ports_os2
and get the latest GCC LIBC05 package from here -
  http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html

Basically, because the Compiler that was used for Mozilla was changed somewhere 
between v1.4 and v1.7, the GCC run-time became a required environment for the 
later builds. just place the 2 x .DLL flies somewhere on your LIBPATH and you 
should be fine.

Good luck.............pk.


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