Description of Problem: When I try to open netscape as a user I get: [system@daddy system]$ netscape ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/.nautilus-metafile.xml: cannot open shared object file: Permission denied Cant load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/.nautilus-metafile.xml. Ignored. Warning: Cannot convert string "*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*,-*-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=BOLD,-*-helvetica-medium-o-*-*-*-100-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*=ITALIC" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Warning: Cannot convert string "-adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontList Bus error When I try as root: [root@daddy root]# netscape ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/.nautilus-metafile.xml: invalid ELF header Cant load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/.nautilus-metafile.xml. Ignored. Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive message by running the program as a non-root user or by removing the suid bit on the executable. Warning: Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s Warning: Unable to load any usable ISO8859 font Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@daddy root]# rpm -qa | grep nets netscape-common-4.79-1 netscape-communicator-4.79-1 How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information: I've restarted xfs. /var/log/messages: May 17 16:26:39 daddy Font Server[12675]: terminating May 17 16:26:39 daddy xfs: xfs shutdown succeeded May 17 16:26:39 daddy xfs: listening on port 7100 May 17 16:26:39 daddy xfs: xfs startup succeeded [root@daddy root]# rpm -qa | grep font ttfonts-1.0-9 XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-8 XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8 XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-8 chkfontpath-1.9.5-2 urw-fonts-2.0-17 XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8 XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8 XFree86-truetype-fonts-4.2.0-8 ghostscript-fonts-5.50-3 XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8
We just had a thunderstorm, and a power outage. Forced reboot. Now it works. Something needed to be restarted in addition to xfs. jay