"George H. Griffin" wrote:

I have a really annoying problem that I've been unable to solve with my limited knowledge of linux and Netscape; one that I don't recall ever having seen discussed here before:

I recently tried to access my Netscape email on my Win95 disk while running under linux (SuSE 6.0). To do so I mounted the Win 95 disk (hda1) and then selected the Netscape mail directory on that drive by editing the linux Netscape's (v4.5 that came with SuSE 6.0) preferences through the edit menu.

For whatever reason that didn't work, so I rebooted under Win95 searched for the information I needed, then went back to linux. When I reloaded Netscape, under linux, I got an error message saying something to the effect that the inbox requested wasn't available and I would be unable to receive new messages. Netscape never did load.

I then went to the /home/user/.netscape file and deleted the lock file; then edited the /home/user/.netscape/preferences.js file to change the default mail directory from the Win95 Netscape mail file that was listed there to /home/user/nsmail/ . When that was done Netscape loaded up just fine and I had access to my Netscape mail files as usual.

The problem now is that every time I exit the Xwindow system and KDE (my default X window interface, usually when I shut down the machine, and then start the X window system & KDE again my /home/user/.netscape/preferences.js file has been rewritten to so that the default mail directory is the Win95 Netscape mail directory again. This happens even though I also go back and edit Netscape preferences after I get into Netscape. The problem does not happen if I simply close Netscape and open it again without leaving X window system. This suggests to me that the problem is not with Netscape per se, but with another configuration file such as /etc/X86config (which I have checked to no avail).

I have looked in every configuration file I can locate in /opt/netscape, /etc, and any other place I could think of to look for configuration files to find out where the path to the Win95 Netscape mail file might be stored, but have not been able to find it.

Can anybody out there suggest anyplace else to look? Or any way to ensure that when I edit the mail path from the Netscape preferences menu it will stay changed? It's really annoying to have to go in and edit preferences.js file everytime I turn on my computer and go to check my email.

How about this. Don't edit the preferences.js file. Mount your Windows partition, as it was mounted before, and start up Netscape (since you have now mounted the Win drive, it shouldn't complain). Once you've started Netscape with the Win mail files, change the directory in preferences and close down Netscape again. Make sure all the netscape processes have been killed and then unmount the Win directory. See if that solves it (you may have already tried this, but if not, it could be worth it...). Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/