Bug 15429 – Netscape Does Not Start When Icon on Taskbar is Clicked

Bug 15429 - Netscape Does Not Start When Icon on Taskbar is Clicked

Summary:	Netscape Does Not Start When Icon on Taskbar is Clicked

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kdebase (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity low
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Assigned To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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Reported:	2000-08-04 14:37 EDT by Brian Z
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-09-17 09:35:45 EDT
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Description Brian Z 2000-08-04 14:37:38 EDT

When clicking on the Icon for Netscape on the taskbar, the system reports that it cannot launch 
/usr/bin/netscape-communicator.  This problem  also occurres in GNOME.  Perhaps communicator should 
be installed by default?  /usr/bin/netscape exists however.  Please forgive me if this is the improper 
component, I was unsure what to classify this as.  Thank you!

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-08-04 15:25:01 EDT

We're putting the icon in the taskbars so users can start it easily - but since
KDE and GNOME both work well without netscape, we don't want them to require it.
Adding a piece of proprietary software to a base install is out of the question.

Comment 2 Brian Z 2000-08-04 16:14:45 EDT

But why have the icons if netscape-communicator is not installed by default?  If /usr/bin/netscape is installed by default, maybe you should
point the icons there?  If an icon doesn't work by default, why have it?

Comment 3 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2000-08-23 14:49:54 EDT

The icons are actually pointing to /usr/bin/netscape.

Comment 4 Brian Z 2000-09-17 09:35:42 EDT

When I installed the beta, the icons pointed to netscape-communicator and not netscape.  That is why I filed the bug report.

Comment 5 Brian Z 2000-10-29 20:59:56 EST

Closing.. works in 7.0 full.  No need to leave it open.

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