Known Problems
You can report any problems you're having with VolanoChat by sending
a complete description along with your VolanoChat server
support.log file to
support@volano.com.
Below are some of the problems of which we are already aware.
- German characters shown incorrectly on Mac Netscape Communicator.
- Some keys on the German keyboard produce incorrect characters in
public chat rooms even though they appear correctly in private chat
rooms.
- BannerPlayer links fail with some ad networks.
- Advertisement banners shown in the
COM.volano.BannerPlayer applet do not link to the correct
Web pages when served remotely from some ad networks, such as Flycast.
- Netscape 4.05 fails to load second Java archive.
- Netscape Communicator 4.05 fails to load multiple Java archives
which share the same code base. An error appears in the Java Console
stating, "#Applet exception: class COM.volano.MyVolanoChat not found."
To get around the problem, simply hold down the Shift key while clicking
the Reload button, causing a forced reload.
- Log append fails on Microsoft SDK for Java 2.0 and 2.01.
- Using Microsoft SDK for Java 2.0 and 2.01, the virtual machine fails
to append to existing log files when restarting the server. This bug is
fixed in Microsoft SDK for Java 3.0. When using SDK 2.0 or 2.01, you
should copy any existing log files to a backup directory before
restarting your VolanoChat server.
- No timeout on Linux and FreeBSD.
- The
server.timeout server property must be set to zero
when running on Linux or FreeBSD.
- Server gets
java.lang.IllegalThreadStateException on Mac.
- The
server.nothreadgroups property must be set to
true when running on the Apple Mac Runtime for Java (MRJ)
in order to avoid MRJ bug number 2232076.
- Pop up message on UNIX Netscape Communicator.
- Netscape Communicator on Solaris and Linux displays a pop up message
stating, "The scrollbar page increment is less than 1" when the
VolanoChat applet is started.
