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Mozilla™ Technology Demonstration Release
for OpenVMS™ Alpha™ Release Notes

August 10, 2000

On this page you'll find information about:

Before Installing Mozilla

Downloading and Installing Mozilla

Running Mozilla

Release Notes

Performance Notes

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Problem Reporting and Bugzilla


Before Installing Mozilla

Hardware Prerequisites

Mozilla for OpenVMS is available only on the Alpha platform.

If you encounter color problems when running Mozilla on an 8-plane video mode system, it is likely that you are running another application that uses a large number of colors (Navigator V3 is such an application). In this situation, start Mozilla before you start the other application. These problems usually do not occur on a 16 or 24-plane video mode system.

Software Prerequisites

The following software is required in order to successfully run Mozilla:

Account Quotas

System Parameters

Mozilla requires a relatively large number of process sections, so you may find that you have an insufficient number. (Note: If you install the Mozilla images after you install the Mozilla kit, you can avoid this problem completely. See Installing the Mozilla Images for more information.)

If you see an error similar to either of the following, then you have exhausted the available process sections:


nsNativeComponentLoader: GetFactory(/dka0/mozilla/components/libnsgif.so)
Load FAILED with error: OpenVMS status is decimal 540

%SYSTEM-F-SECTBLFUL, process or global section table is full

There are three ways to solve this problem, as follows:

Mozilla.org Release Notes

Mozilla.org has provided release notes for M17.

The release notes contain sections about Mozilla on Windows®, Mac®, and UNIX®. Mozilla for OpenVMS is ported from the UNIX code, so the notes in the UNIX section are applicable to OpenVMS.

When reading UNIX documentation, note the following differences between UNIX and OpenVMS:

Upgrading from a Previous Mozilla Kit

Enter the commands described in this section if you are upgrading from the M10 kit (released in October 1999) to M17. If you are upgrading from a kit other than M10 to this baselevel (M17), you can skip this section.

To upgrade from M10 to the M17 kit, before you install M17 you must remove any Mozilla profiles that were created in M10.

To remove the M10 profiles, go to your SYS$LOGIN directory and delete the entire _MOZILLA directory tree, as follows:


$ SET DEFAULT SYS$LOGIN 
$ DELETE [._MOZILLA...]*.*;* 

You must enter the delete command several times to completely remove the contents of the _MOZILLA directory tree.


Downloading and Installing Mozilla

Downloading the Kit

The Mozilla for OpenVMS software is available for the Alpha platform as a compressed self-extracting file.

Please fill out and submit the Mozilla for OpenVMS registration form. You will receive an email message with the URL of the location of the kit to download.

The size of the compressed kit is 41,502 blocks. The expanded kit will occupy 124,368 blocks.

Expanding the Kit

To expand the Mozilla for OpenVMS self-extracting file, enter the following command:


$ RUN MOZILLA-OPENVMS-ALPHA-M17.SFX_AXPEXE 

The system expands the file and names the decompressed file CPQ-AXPVMS-MOZILLA-H0500--1.PCSI. Do not rename this file.

Note: If you expand the kit on an ODS-5 disk, the filename defaults to lowercase. PCSI requires all uppercase characters. Rename the file to the same name, but containing all uppercase characters, before you begin the installation.

After you expand the Mozilla kit, you can delete the .SFX_AXPEXE file. Alternatively, you can first install Mozilla, then delete the .PCSI file, and keep the small .SFX_AXPEXE file in case you need to re-install the Mozilla kit.

Installing Mozilla

Use the following procedure to start the installation.

Note: If many users want to run Mozilla on the same system, they can all run from the same installation. User specific information is maintained in a user profile, and these are stored in each user's SYS$LOGIN tree.

You must install Mozilla into a top-level directory. If you do not accept the PCSI default destination, make sure that you do not attempt to install Mozilla into a sub-directory.

If you have a previous Mozilla kit installed, it will be automatically removed before the M17 kit is installed.

To install the Mozilla for OpenVMS Alpha kit, enter the following command:


$ PRODUCT INSTALL MOZILLA /SOURCE=KITS

For a description of the features you can request with the PRODUCT INSTALL command when starting an installation such as running the IVP, purging files, and configuring the installation, see the POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility User's Guide.

As the installation procedure progresses, the system displays the following information.

Note that this output shows the installation of H5.0 (M17). In this example, G5.0 (M16) was previously installed, so PCSI automatically removes G5.0.


   1 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA H5.0             Layered Product
   2 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA G5.0             Layered Product
   3 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA F5.0             Layered Product
   4 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA E5.0             Layered Product
   5 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA D5.0             Layered Product
   6 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA C5.0             Layered Product
   7 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA B5.0             Layered Product
   8 - CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA A5.0             Layered Product
   9 - All products listed above
   0 - Exit

Choose one or more items from the menu separated by commas: 1

The following product has been selected:
    CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA H5.0                Layered Product

Do you want to continue? [YES]

Configuration phase starting ...

You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected product and for
any products that may be installed to satisfy software dependency requirements.

CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA H5.0

* This product does not have any configuration options.

    Mozilla for OpenVMS Alpha

    You MUST confirm that the required ECOs are installed!

    Please review the list of ECO's documented in the Release Notes.

    Do you want to continue? [YES]

Execution phase starting ...

The following product will be installed to destination:
    CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA H5.0                DISK$ALPHASYS:[VMS$COMMON.]
The following product will be removed from destination:
    CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA G5.0                DISK$ALPHASYS:[VMS$COMMON.]

Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%

The following product has been installed:
    CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA H5.0                Layered Product
The following product has been removed:
    CPQ AXPVMS MOZILLA G5.0                Layered Product
$

Stopping and Restarting the Installation

Use the following procedure to stop and restart the installation:

  1. To stop the procedure at any time, press Ctrl/Y.

  2. Enter the DCL command PRODUCT REMOVE to reverse any changes to the system that occurred during the partial installation. This deletes all files created up to that point and causes the installation procedure to exit.

  3. Go back to the beginning of the installation procedure to restart the installation.

Installing the Mozilla Images

After you install Mozilla using the PRODUCT INSTALL command, you can also optionally install the Mozilla images. There are two benefits to installing the images:

To install the Mozilla images, run the command file INSTALL.COM (which resides in the Mozilla root directory). For example:


$ SET DEFAULT SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA] 
$ @INSTALL

Approximately 212 global sections and 58,816 global pages are required to install the Mozilla images. If you want to uninstall the Mozilla images, enter the following:


$ SET DEFAULT SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA]  
$ @INSTALL REMOVE


Running Mozilla

The main Mozilla application in the kit is Mozilla-bin (formerly named apprunner). Mozilla-bin is the full browser with extensions, and closely resembles Netscape Communicator.™ Mozilla-bin contains:

You invoke the Mozilla-bin application through the supplied MOZILLA.COM command file. To invoke Mozilla-bin, enter the following:


$ @SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA]MOZILLA

This assumes that you installed the kit to the default location. If you directed PCSI to install to a different location, then your command to start MOZILLA will contain a different disk or directory.

You can also pass arguments to the application. For example:


$ @SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA]MOZILLA "http://www.openvms.compaq.com"
$ @SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA]MOZILLA "-edit"
$ @SYS$COMMON:[MOZILLA]MOZILLA """-ProfileManager""" 

Note that any argument that is case-sensitive (such as ProfileManager in the previous example) must be enclosed in three sets of quotation marks.

When you run Mozilla, the system must have approximately 336 global pages and one global section available. A check is made when you invoke Mozilla. If these requirements are not met, a warning is issued and terminating Mozilla is recommended.

When running Mozilla, you will see messages similar to the following appear in the terminal output. These are normal for the M17 release.


$ @sys$common:[mozilla]mozilla
Starting mozilla-bin... 
WEBSHELL+ = 1 
WEBSHELL+ = 2 
CSSLoaderImpl::LoadAgentSheet: Load of URL 
'file:///alpha%24dka0/users/cblake/.mozilla/default/chrome/user.css' failed.  Error code: 16389 
WEBSHELL+ = 3 
WEBSHELL+ = 4 
Setting content window 
*** Pulling out the charset 
Loading page specified via openDialog 
in SetSecurityButton 
Document: Done (20.933 secs) 
*** check number of frames in content area 
Document http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/ loaded successfully 
WEBSHELL- = 3 
WEBSHELL- = 2 
WEBSHELL- = 1 
WEBSHELL- = 0 
$

Many other messages are displayed when using the Navigator, Mail/News and Composer components of Mozilla. This is normal for this milestone release.


Release Notes

This section contains notes on the current release of Mozilla.


Performance Notes

This section contains notes on how to improve the performance of Mozilla.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

This section contains frequently asked questions about Mozilla for OpenVMS Alpha.

Netscape 6 and Communicator 5

Q: What is Netscape 6 and what happened to Communicator Version 5.0?

A: Netscape 6 is the name of the next release of the Netscape browser. (The names Navigator and Communicator will no longer be used.) Netscape 6 is based on the new Netscape Gecko code base from Mozilla.

Netscape is moving from Communicator Version 4.7 to Netscape 6. There is no Communicator V5.0.

Differences between Mozilla and Netscape 6

Q: What are the differences between Mozilla and Netscape 6?

A: The Netscape 6 browser is built from the Mozilla code. It is essentially the same browser except Netscape packages some additional components with their offering. Netscape 6 PR1 (pre-release 1) was built from an early Mozilla M15 baselevel and contains th

Netscape 6 on OpenVMS

Q: When will Netscape 6 be available on OpenVMS?

A: Currently Netscape has only made Netscape 6 available for the Windows, MAC, and Linux platforms. As soon as the Netscape 6 code is made available to other vendors, Compaq will begin the port to OpenVMS. Because the Netscape 6 code is based on Mozilla cod Netscape 6 will be available on OpenVMS shortly thereafter.

Security for Mozilla on OpenVMS

Q: When will security be available for Mozilla on OpenVMS?

A: Netscape, through iPlanet, has made the Personal Security Manager for Mozilla available for testing on Linux and Win32. This code is being released to the Open Source PKI project. Once the code is released, Compaq will port PSM for Mozilla to OpenVMS.

Mozilla on OpenVMS VAX

Q: When will a version of Mozilla be available for VAX?

A: There are currently no plans to port Mozilla to the VAX platform.

Java Support in Mozilla

Q: Why is there no Java support in Mozilla for OpenVMS?

A: Mozilla implements Java using OJI (Open JVM Integration). OJI is part of Java Version 1.3, but V1.3 is not yet available on all platforms, including OpenVMS. As soon as Java Version 1.3 is available on OpenVMS, it will be supported in Mozilla.

Advantages of using OJI are:

With previous browsers, you were bound to the JVM that had been embedded in the browser code.

For more information, see http://www.mozilla.org/oji/.

Mozilla doesn't start up - decimal error

Q: Mozilla fails to start up. I see errors similar to this displayed:

nsNativeComponentLoader: SelfRegisterDll(/dka0/mozilla/components/libvcard.so) 
Load FAILED with error: OpenVMS status is decimal 114690 

A: One of the account quotas may be too low. See Account Quotas and System Parameters, in particular the discussion about the FILLM quota.

Mozilla doesn't start up - process or global section error

Q: Mozilla fails to start up. I see errors similar to this displayed:

nsNativeComponentLoader: GetFactory(/dka0/mozilla/components/libnsgif.so) 
Load FAILED with error: OpenVMS status is decimal 540 

%SYSTEM-F-SECTBLFUL, process or global section table is full 

A: You have a shortage of process sections. See Account Quotas and System Parameters for information about how to solve this problem.

Disk activity

Q: While a page is loading, I notice a lot of disk activity. Why does this happen?

A: This is probably the disk cache in operation. You may want to disable the disk cache. See Performance Notes for more information.

Can't open new DECterms

Q: After running Mozilla, I can't open any new DECterms. Normal terminal sessions (for example, telnet) still work properly. Only a reboot seems to fix the problem -- removing the installed components from memory (INSTALL.COM REMOVE), or restarting X-Windows does not help. Other X-Windows applications do not seem to be affected. What's going on?

A: You are probably out of buffer object space. Try increasing the SYSGEN parameter MAXBOBMEM.


Problem Reporting

Report all problems to Bugzilla. Do not report problems into the PTR system, or in newsgroups, or contact the CSC about Mozilla (Mozilla is not a released product).

Bugzilla

Mozilla has a bug reporting and tracking system named Bugzilla. This system is used to track all Mozilla problems across all platforms, including OpenVMS. For further information on Bugzilla, visit http://www.mozilla.org/bugs/.

Before entering any new problem report, please search the database to make sure that the problem has not already been reported. Mark OpenVMS specific problems by setting the Platform to DEC and OS field to OpenVMS.


Distribution restrictions and disclaimer

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Copyright and trademark information

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Copyright Compaq Computer Corporation 2000. All rights reserved.

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