[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Browser widget on Linux and native crashes

[Benjamin Pasero <bpasero@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I dont want to create a bug report on this issue yet, but first discuss the 
Browser problem on Linux in this newsgroup.

I am constantly getting error logs from people that try to use Mozilla inside an 
SWT application. These logs are huge logfiles generated by the JVM (no Java 
exceptions).

They often have Linux distributions installed that are not listed in the FAQ 
(like Slackware).

Are there general instructions available for people using any Linux distribution 
on how to get Mozilla 1.7 to run inside an SWT application? Is the installed GTK 
version somehow important (2+, 2.4 or 2.6)?

At least, would'nt it be possible to somehow avoid the native crash of the JVM 
and throw an SWTException in the case the Browser widget is not working?

Ben